Click to play videoMumbai: Investigation into Malegaon blasts is gathering pace. Two suspects - an armyman and an activists of a right wing Hindu group - have now been remanded to police custody.
A week after Pragya Singh Thakur alias Sadhvi Purnachetananda giri was arrested, her associates Sameer Kulkarni and retired major Ramesh Upadhaye were remanded to police custody till November 14 by the Nashik Court.
“They have been charged under Section 302, 307, 326 read with relevant sections of Indian Explosives Act, read with Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Investigation is on and we have the permission for the narco test,” said Additional Commissioner of Police, Maharashtra ATS, Sukhwinder Singh.
Kulkarni and Upadhyae are office bearers of 'Abhinav Bharat', an extremist Right Wing Hindu organisation. Both refused legal assistance. In fact Upadhaye told magistarte PG Patil, “Whatever the public prosecutor has said is all suspicion, nothing concrete has been found and nothing concrete will be found because I am not involved. I have spoken to her (Sadhvi) only once and shared the dais thrice with her. I am not associated with her more than this. My lord, In their (police) custody my human right of dignity is violated. All the marks are visible on my body for you to see. I request you to please order daily medical checkups to ensure that my human right to dignity should not be violated”.
While the court ordered in favour of the prosecution during the court proceedings, the public prosecutors said few high profile arrests are in the offing. Who they are is not clear yet but the involvement of these people is on record.
Police allege that the duo had several meetings with Pragya Singh Thakur in Bhopal and Nashik before the blast.
One of the meetings allegedly took place in the campus of Bhonsala military school. Nashik. police also claim that Upadhyae could provide leads to the source of RDX that was used in the Malegaon bomb.
The president of Abhinav Bharat, Himnani Savarkart, justifies the alleged involvement of Kulkarni and Upadhaye by describing it as a natural reaction by the Hindus.
“There is no proof of their involvement but assuming that they did it, it should be seen as a reaction. How long will this continue? Should we sit home with our hands tied?” she says.
Meanwhile, there are reports that Pragya Singh has been changing her statements often and trying to mislead the police.
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