India, Dec. 2 -- The Centre has appointed senior advocate Madhav Khurana as Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) to conduct proceedings in the Red Fort blast case being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The government said Khurana has been appointed to handle the trial and all related matters in NIA case RC-21/2025/NIA/DLI before the NIA Special Court and the Delhi High Court.

The home ministry, in a notification dated December 2, 2025, said, "In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 15 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (34 of 2008), read with sub-section (8) of section 18 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the Central Government hereby appoints Shri Madhav Khurana, ...