MUMBAI: Two more witnesses have turned hostile in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. While one was an employee of the hotel where an ‘adventure’ camp was organised, the other provided transport to participants at the camp.
It is the investigating agency’s case that the camp was allegedly organised by the accused Lt Col Prasad Purohit and others in October 2008 after the blasts occurred and he gave speeches along religious lines . The duo neither identified Purohit nor supported statements attributed to them in the chargesheet. The trial in the case is underway before the special NIA court.
A third witness present in court was not examined. So far 10 witnesses have turned hostile in the case.
In August, too, in connection to the same event, another witness who attended the ‘adventure camp’ turned hostile.
So far, over 200 witnesses have deposed.
