The judge presiding over the long-standing 2008 Malegaon blast case has been transferred just as the trial was drawing to a close, prompting concern from victims’ families who have urged the Bombay High Court to reconsider the decision.

According to PTI, Judge A K Lahoti, who was conducting the trial in the Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Mumbai, has been transferred to Nashik as part of the annual general transfer of district judges. The transfer order, issued by the registrar general of the Bombay High Court, will come into effect after the courts reopen from their summer break on 9 June.