Mumbai: May 19: Noted lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who was appointed by the state’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) as the special public prosecutor in the Mumbai triple blasts case of 2011, has resigned from the position .
The state has appointed Ajay Misar as the new public prosecutor.
In the incident, three coordinated bomb blasts in Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House and Dadar’s Kabutarkhana had killed 26 persons and injured 130 others.
Only in Feb this year, the trial in the case had begun with the first witness being examined, 12 years after the incident.