Ujjwal Nikam resigns as special public prosecutor from 29 cases

On Thursday, one of the courts in Mumbai was informed about Nikam’s resignation. In two cases from 2012, where a trial is pending against Vijay Palande and others for the alleged murders of Delhi-based businessman Arunkumar Tikku and aspiring movie producer Karan Kakkad, a new prosecutor will be assigned, chief public prosecutor Jaysing Desai informed the court. Nikam was the prosecutor in the trial pending against Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, in the 26/11 terror attack case, the trial against one Parvez Tak for the alleged murders of actor Laila Khan and her family members, and the 2003 murder of obstetrician Asha Goel in Malabar Hill.

Nikam was appointed as the special public prosecutor in many cases over the past three decades. He carried out the trial against Pakistani terrorist, Ajmal Kasab, in the 26/11 terror attack case, the Shakti Mills gangrape case, the Kopardi, Ahmednagar rape and murder case, and that of BJP leader Pramod Mahajan’s murder. He replaced two-time MP Poonam Mahajan of the BJP, in the North Central constituency. He is likely to fill his nomination on Friday.