Click to play videoNew Delhi: The crackdown on Right Wing activists in connection with the Malegaon blasts continues with speculation rife of another Sadhvi (woman saint) being arrested from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
A team of the Anti-Terror Squad is camping in Bhopal, where some arrests are likely to be made. Some arrests are also likely from Nashik in Maharashtra.
Unconfirmed reports say police officials are questioning some retired army officials in connection with the blast.
The three suspects who were arrested on Friday by the ATS will be produced in a Nashik court on November 3.
While Shyamlal Sahu and Shivnarayan Singh were arrested in Indore, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur - who also goes by the name Poornachetanand - was arrested in Surat.
Investigations reveal that the trio had formed a group of sorts to counter attacks that were allegedly orchestrated by the Indian Mujahideen.
Sources say they also had a role in the Modassa blasts. The three had visited Malegaon along
with the alleged mastermind Ramnarayan Singh, on more than one occasion.
They had conducted a recce of the area where the motorcycle with the bomb was parked.
The arrest of the Hindu activists is beginning to have its first political repercussion with the Congress using the issue in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
Youth Congress activists came out in large numbers on the streets of Indore to protests against the Bajrang Dal and the ABVP.
The protestors shouted slogans against Hindu organizations even as the police struggled to control the mob.
However, Bhartiya Janshakti Party president Uma Bharti has come out in strong support of Sadhvi Poornachetanand.
“This is a conspiracy against VHP and Bajrang Dal. Sadhvi Pragya is a religious figure to us and I appeal to all the media officials for not getting all these conspiracies to the public,” she said.
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