Click to play videoKanpur: Venkatesh Panse’s son was killed by a bomb blast on April 6, 2006, and he talks of it with pride. The incident happened in Patbhandare Nagar, and killed his son Himanshu, a member of the Bajrang Dal.
Another man, Naresh Kondwar, was also killed, and three RSS/ Bajrang Dal members injured. The police say the men were making a bomb which went off accidentally.
The Maharashtra Anti Terror Squad (ATS) chargesheet reveals that as many as 36 Bajrang Dal workers from Maharashtra received systematic training from bomb-making experts, which was then put to use.
The chargesheet alleges that Bajrang Dal cadres took part in the Mohammadiya Masjid blast in Parbhani in November 2003, the Quadriya Masjid blast in Jalna in August 2004, and in the same month at the Meraj-ul-Uloom Masjid blast in Purna.
On August 24, 2008, two Bajrang Dal members, Bhupinder Singh and Rajiv Mishra died in an explosion in Kanpur. The police say they were trying to make a bomb at a private hostel, which went off by accident. The police found ammonium nitrate, grenades and timers at the hostel.
These arrested men stand accused by the Maharashtra Police for bombing a theatre in Thane in June this year.
Despite investigations by ATS in Maharashtra and UP revealing the Bajrang Dal's bomb making activities, the group's leadership remains in denial.
“Its wrong to judge organisations on the basis of people’s opinions, Bajrang Dal had no role whatsoever in Kanpur blasts,” says, National Convenor, Bajrang Dal, Pradeep Sharma.
The Sanstha had objected to the staging of a Marathi play at the theatre, which it said depicted Hindu gods in bad light.
BAJRANG BOMBS, HINDU TERROR? | |
 | Nov 2003: Bomb blast at the Mohammadiya Masjid in Parbhani, Maharashtra. |
| Aug 2004: Bomb blast at the Quadriya Masjid in Jalna, Maharashtra. |
| Aug 2004: Bomb blast at Meraj-ul-Uloom Madrassa in Purna, Maharashtra. |
| Apr 2006: 2 Bajrang Dal activists died while making bombs in Nanded, Maharashtra. The house where the bombs were manufactured belonged to an RSS worker. |
| Jan 2008: Bomb blast at RSS office at Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu. Seven people belonging to Sangh Parivar were arrested. |
| June 2008: Bombs explosions at the Gadkari Auditorium, Thane. Six members of the Hindu Janjagaran Samiti arrested. |
| Aug 2008:Two Bajrang Dal workers died while making bombs in Kanpur. |
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