Chunky Pandey had testified earlier and denied to have any knowledge and was declared “hostile”.
Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had removed other actors from the list saying that their testimony did not account for any new revelations. “Ironically, the same list was produced in 1997,” said advocate Thakur Teg Bahadur Singh, who represents Qayyum.
The case is now adjourned to August 25 when the court will decide if the witnesses have to be examined and those who have already testified would be called again or not. Needless to say, it’s going to take some more time before the guilty are punished in this case.