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The Maharashtra government has appointed senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as the special public prosecutor for the murder case of Santosh Deshmukh, a sarpanch who was allegedly killed for opposing extortion attempts. Nikam has previously acted as a special public prosecutor in high-profile cases such as the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and the 26/11 terror attack.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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