India, Nov. 14 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court issued a fresh bailable warrant on November 13 against Pragya Singh Thakur, the primary accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, after she failed to appear for final arguments. Thakur, a Bharatiya Janata Party politician, faces charges in the blast that claimed six lives and injured more than 101 people.

Special Sessions Judge Lahoti issued a Rs.10,000 bailable warrant after Thakur failed to comply with last week's directive to appear before the court by November 13. The matter has been adjourned until December 2 for a report on the warrant.

In the previous bailable warrant issued on November 5, the court noted that Thakur had been absent since June 4, 2024, despite t...