New Delhi, June 26 -- The Maharashtra government appointed Senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Nikam as the special public prosecutor in Ketan Agarwal's murder case. Nikam said on Friday he accepted the responsibility following a request from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the victim's family.

Nikam told ANI that he received a call from Fadnavis this afternoon, who informed him that the Agarwal family had met him and sought his appointment in the case. He added that the Chief Minister also described the matter as a challenge for Maharashtra and urged him to take up the responsibility, after which he agreed.

"The entire nation has been shaken by this murder. This afternoon, I received a call from Maharashtra Chief Minister De...