The Maharashtra Congress has demanded the removal of special prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam and the head of the SIT investigating the Badlapur sexual assault case, citing concerns about their impartiality. The incident involves the sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school in Thane district. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has also criticized Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over the handling of the case.
Attorney Timothy Bradl is representing blogger Aidan Kearney, who is facing charges of witness intimidation in the high-profile murder case of Karen Read. Bradl claims that special prosecutor Kenneth Mello has intentionally delayed discovery and kept his client away from the Read case, while Mello denies any wrongdoing and states that he has not received any directives from the district attorney’s office. Kearney has alleged that the charges are an attempt to silence his coverage of the Read case and maintains Read’s innocence.
