Staff Reporter

Mumbai: Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Thursday filed an application in the Special Sessions Court here seeking permission to examine and summon six witnesses from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to present technical evidence on November 26, 2008 attacks in Mumbai. He handed a sealed envelope to the court containing a letter from the FBI listing the names of the six witnesses.

Mr. Nikam pleaded that the names, addresses and identities of all the witnesses and FBI special agents be kept secret. He said the U.S. agency was apprehensive of the potential danger to the lives of the witnesses as it was investigating terror-related cases in other countries. Therefore, their identities had to be protected.

“Their deposition is important in this trial,” the application read. However, Mr. Nikam did not press for an in-camera hearing. Judge M.L. Tahaliyani would give his order on Friday.