New Delhi: During the court hearing on Thursday in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, another witness also turned hostile. He refused to identify the accused. According to the information received, another witness in the blast case refused to identify anyone except Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit, present in the court and accused of the blast.

According to the report, this is the 19th witness among the witnesses who turned hostile in the Malegaon blast case. The court has posted the matter for next hearing on March 25. During the court hearing on Thursday, the witness refused to identify anyone except Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit during his appearance. Purohit is an accused in the blast case.

Let us tell you that on the night of 29 September 2008, at around 9.35 pm, a bomb blast took place in front of Shakeel Goods Transport Company in Malegaon. The blast happened in a bike. 6 people lost their lives in this blast, while 101 people were injured. The day after the blast, a case was registered at the Azad Nagar police station in Malegaon. The matter was related to terrorism, so the investigation was handed over to Maharashtra ATS after the order of the then Maharashtra government.

On October 21, 2008, sections of UAPA and MCOCA were added in the FIR. During the investigation, on January 20, 2009, the ATS had filed the first charge sheet, in which 11 people were arrested and three people were shown to be absconding.

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