Nashik: Apparently not happy with the
media spotlight on Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, nine of the 11
co-accused in the Malegaon blast case, including Col Srikant
Prasad Purohit, on Saturday demanded they be kept separately in the
jail, away from controversy.
The nine accused in blast on September 29, 2008 in
which six persons were killed told a local court here that
they be kept separately in the jail, away from prime accused
in the case Thakur and Sameer Kulkarni.
Public prosecutor Ajay Misar told reporters that the
accused feel that both Thakur and Sameer create problems by
interacting with mediapersons and they do not want to be
embroiled in the controversy and would like to be kept away.
All the 11 accused in the case were brought to the
court this afternoon where Judge ST Naik extended their
judicial custody by 14 days till April 16, Misar said.
Thakur, undergoing treatment in Nashik civil hospital
since March 28, was brought to the court on a stretcher as she
was feeling weak and could not walk, her counsel Umesh Walzade
said.
The court did not give any direction on Thakur`s
statement recorded by three-member court appointed commission
on March 29 alleging ill-treatment meted out to her in jail.
PTI
