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ATS Joint Commissioner of Police Hemant Karkare told reporters in Mumbai that the Mahant had a role in the blast conspiracy and had attended several meetings in different parts of the country along with other arrested accused.
“Pandey has deep links with some of the arrested accused. He played a major role in the Malegaon blast conspiracy, and attended several meetings at places such as Bhopal, Indore, Deolali and Bhonsala Military School. He used several aliases and we are still verifying certain details. We cannot say for certain at this stage whether he is an ex-serviceman. He was mentioned by several of the arrested accused such as Purohit and Raikar, and we had his photograph and mobile phone numbers,” Karkare said.
In Jammu, police questioned chartered accountant V K Kapoor and his son Pawan after the address of a trust the Mahant runs — Kashyapmeru Shankaracharya Amritanand Vedic Vishva Kalyan Trust — turned out to be their office-cum-residence at 248, Sector-1 A, Trikuta Nagar. The Kapoors said the Mahant used the address to get the trust registered since he did not have a place of his own.
The Mahant, who moved around Jammu under police escort, is known to senior officials. He has been visiting Kashmiri Pandit camps — the Sharda Peeth shrine is in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Kashmiri Pandits have been demanding that they be allowed to visit it through the cross-LoC route — and been to the Valley several times. During the Jammu agitation over the Amarnath shrine land transfer, he addressed a press conference along with the Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti convenor Leela Karn Sharma at Geeta Bhawan.
Sharma today said: “Many people, including religious gurus used to visit us, to extend support at that time. We knew nothing about them. He (the Mahant) was a very high profile, religious person. He even expressed concern about my safety, asked me to give him an application. He said he would talk to the Union Home Minister about getting me police protection.”
In Lucknow, UP Addl DG (Law and Order) Brij Lal said: “The original identity of the suspect (Mahant) was Sudhakar Dwivedi, a native of Varanasi. The house from where the detention was made is owned by his brother Pushkar Dwivedi who is a lawyer in Kanpur. Maharashtra ATS ACP Manmohan Kulkarni came with a Nashik court order and a team of the UP ATS helped them in the operation.”
The ATS landed at Bakarmandi Rawatpur locality in Kalyanpur area of Kanpur and picked up the Mahant around 2.30 pm.
According to Brij Lal, Pandey identified himself as Mahant Amritanand, the peethadheeshwar of Sharda Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu. He told police he had been living at 248, Sector-1 A, Trikuta Nagar in Jammu since 2003.
The Mahant told police he changed his name from Sudhakar Dwivedi to Dayanand Pandey eight years ago when he joined the peeth. His guru, he said, gave him the name Amritanand on completion of deeksha.
In Jammu, charted accountant V K Kapoor told The Indian Express that he came in contact with the Mahant some years ago at the residence of former BJP MLA Rishi Kumar Koushal who founded the Jammu Praja Parishad. The Mahant told Kapoor he wanted to float a charitable trust and sought his services as a chartered accountant.
“I agreed. Since he did not have any premises to open the trust office, he wanted to use my office-cum-residence address for the registration,” Kapoor said, adding that the trust was registered in 2003.
He said he use to file the annual returns of the trust with the Income Tax department in Jammu. He is said to have told police that he had been asking the Mahant to change the trust address.
“Barring this, we knew nothing about him. Even I did not know him as Pandey. We only knew his name was Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Amritanannad Dev Teerath, Sarvaghyapeethadishwar,” Kapoor said.
Ajay Charangoo, convenor of Panun Kashmir, said the Mahant had visited his residence four-five years ago. “He was introduced to me as a religious saint, I was not aware of his antecedents,” he said. R L Bhat of Sanjeevi Sharda Kendra, another organisation of Kashmiri Pandits, said he had met the Mahant many times at functions. “He was a high profile person, moving under police escort. He used to visit migrant camps to give religious talks,” Bhat said.
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majority in India? Are not all Indians? Wish I had a magic wand and I could convert all the nasty politicians to donkeys or send them all to monitory the LoC and create a fresh breed and no nonsense, brilliant politicians. Unfortunately only the dynasty runs in India… I pray to god almighty to get freedom from this apartheid system soon god bless my beloved India. Long live India.
I am wondering why did this not happen earlier!! I believe that only the goodness and the culture of Hinduism prevented this to happen earlier. The patience of Hindus are stretched so much it has lost its elasticity….. the media in India is also so stupid… The governments in India is so nasty… it is running an apartheid system. I always wondered how Saddam Hussain being a minority Sunni in Iraq, managed to controlled the majority Shias? Well this is very well is happening in India. The majority Hindus are pushed so much, suppressed so much, its worst than being ruled by a foreigner!! Unless the government wakes up and all the disgusting politicians think of the country rather than the vote (
whyy dont these muslims leave our country
Once Sushma swaraj said that Congress is behind some blasts to divert the attention from inflation.Now I think BJP might have planned several blasts so that it can target Congress.Sushma's blabla is now clear.
Dear Editor, this is very great dragging almost all the religious heads of Hindu society into mud slinging by ATS of Mahrastra, ultimately to prove all the blasts conducted in india right from the day of independance was only by hindus but not by muslims. This work is great. Hail to ATS and dirty playing congress party. Let them malign the ancient religion for their political gain. All the citizens of India are watching. The day is not far to burry the congress in its grave.
Mumbai ATS deservs praise for arresting so many people in Malegoan blast case and tackling it with so much efficiency and competence. One only wishes they had shown even half that keenness and competence in solving other serial blast cases in which hundreds of people were killed like train blasts and otherblasts, If thay had caught the culprits and got them punished then maybe Hidu backlash may not have happened
This sort of dirty tricks by Maharashtra Govt. will end with chain reactions. Govts. of other states will apply the same dirty tricks to Congress and its supporters and there will be no end to this.
The arrest of Jammu Mahant ji is really unfortunate Only the court will find out the truth But this does not means that the BJP and all the Hindu organisations are bad BJP and RSS are patriotic to the core You blame the BJP and the RSS for the arrests of some persons in the Malegaon blasts What about the genocide of the Sikhs in November 1984 by the Congress goons ? 3000 Sikhs were butchered in broad day light Not a single culprit was brought to book The killers of the Sikhs were given ministries in the Union Government Jasbir Singh the eye- witness against Tytler saw 24 members of his family being butchered by the Congress goondas Why cant the killers of Sikhs be hanged BJP RSS and Shiv Sena are the protectors of the Sikhs The Sikhs in India are safe only under a BJP dominated government at the Cemtre We the Sikhs are totally in favour of the BJP RSS Shiv Sena and other Hindu organisations
Editor Sir,See India is a democratic country but you see the figure and gross partiality in all senior government jobs there are Hindus and we are 26% muslim and 12% Cristian all govt job, IIM, IIT should have atleast 38% people from our religion also. But it is all fake when we say that we are secular country. If we are secular then why our share is not equal. I ask this question from the Prime Minister who is also not hindu. But why these peiple are not doing anything for minority.I think hindus should mend their ways otherwise they will be taught lesson. Hindus are basically like animal and must be butchered that way only.
You are not a Muslim. It true that Muslims doesn't have equal presentation in government jobs based on their population. But what ever you have mentioned is just to malign Muslims. And you seem to be a mad dog and as such you should definetly be put to death.
think this way mate.when it comes to terrorists ur 100%. thanks to congress
My friend needs to tought a lesson.Most of Muslim emperors killed their own brothers and sister to crown themselves.Why not narko on Lalu/Ramvilas/Mulayam/Amar singh for openly supporting the SIMI
I fail to understand why ATS and congress is so much soft towards these hindu terrorists. Why they had not been killed in encounter. Congress should also learn from Modi and kill all hindu terrorists in fake encouter. Then only we can say congress is most secular. We are not satisfied with tis soft handling of hindu criminals. Its biased and partial.
Why malegoan blast is given special treatment????? Is it because it deals with the death of few Muslims..What happened to Mumbai Blast where 1000's of Hindus were torn apart...Government is acting racist.....
I agree. All the culprits who were caught, are now serving their sentences in jail in the bombay blasts case. But what one needs to note is that the people who were behind all the riots which affected the muslims
It is very unfortunate that Shiv Sena Guru Bal Thakray ji once argued that “Now we need Hindu suicide groups” and on the other hand its sister organization (VHP) International General Secretary (VHP) Praveen Togadia claims that “no Hindu can be a terrorist”. It is very unfortunate counter arguments of the two people believing same ideology. Should we believe Thakray ji or Togodia ji. How come can they counter each other because both are Hindu leaders.
I think It was BJP behind Godhra train fire incident as well as attack on parliament not people have started realizing that these people can not fool hindus any longer. ATS and Congress and media should also probe it.
Since you mention it, the Gujarat riots were indeed well planned and had the support of the official machinery. The rioters had details on who owned the business establishments that they looted, adresses and details of all the Muslims who stayed in Hindu localities, even details of inter-religious marriages. and all the "spontaneous outpouring of outrage" was over in a most organized way by 8.30 in the morning. The police did not just stand aside, they actually aided and abetted the rioters. I remember an Inspector telling me proudly that we had taught Mini Pakistan (Juhapura in Ahmedabad) a lesson. In one instance, the SP of Bhavnagar who took steps to see that no rioting took place was shunted out, after which the rioting took place as planned. Even Hindu and Jain businessmen who tried to save their Muslim friends' property were attacked. However horrible the Godhra tragedy, it is clear that we were just waiting for an excuse to teach the "M"s a lesson.
All Indians should respect the Investigation Agency and should have faith in Police. Its very very bad to see the people who believed to be good are doing crimes against humanity and waging war against their own country and people. Thanks to ATS and CBI for their fact finding work. Keep it up.
What ATS is doing now should have been done earlier.Proper investigation of each and every terror attack.Biased approach,implication of innocents,forced extraction of confessions allowed the real terrorists roam about freely and carry out more attacks to benefit electorally few fascist political parties by dividing the society on communal lines.Had it not been season of elections,investigating agencies would have not changed direction of investigation;secondly,terrorists are bigger threats to political class and are unable to target this class because of heavy protection provided to them by state.Their security is nation's security and security of AAM AADMI is not the responsibility of the state.
Terrorists have no religion, but they always use religion to spread terror.In this case it is a shame that the presumed terrorists are dragging our Hindu Dharma to level zero, but Hinduism and Hindu's have been loved by the entire world, because the majority of us Hindu's are against the VHP,RSS,Sadvhi Pragya types, because they are tarnishing our Hindu image around the world.
If the majority of hindus would really against the VHP, RSS and other hindu extremists then the parties BJP and Shiv Sena would not have come in power. Majority of hindus like the ideology of these radicals that's why India has people like Modi in power. People of India should understand that BJP and Shiv Sena are the parties which play the religion card just to make an issue in the election.
Riz, I guess you have got it all wrong. I am not sure why you like Congress or why you hate BJP (may be because they support Hinduism) but if you want the truth, the real enemies of India and people of India are Congress people. British people, when leaving India, trained Congress well on how to hold on to power. They trained Congress well on how to divide and rule people. If you have noticed, every time, riot hits a state when Congress looses power. They try to make it a point that they are the saviors of minority. I will not be surprised if investigations (true investigations, not the fictitious ones) reveal that most of the Congress politicians have close ties with all these terrorists who are tearing India apart.
Sir, while our Hindu image is systematically being tarnished by the types of Sadhvi Thakur types, but the BJP supporters are giving all kind of pathetic comments.The ATS
Why not Narco test on ATS anti-national police who are working on behest of their Congressi masters ? Why Bombay police do not have guts to arrest Raj Thackeray ?
It is the strength of Indian Democrazy and a few good people that the hindu radicals have been arrested. A terrorist is a terrorist, he is neither hindu nor muslim. People taking life of innocent people should be dealt strictly. Rule of law is most important and should be our strength for future.
Well said,we fully agree with you.Terrorists are terrorists. As a Hindu i feel ashamed to see these types misuseing our Dharma.But I am aware of the fact that KARMA will give them appropriate sentence.
I totally respect your feelings and I share the same feelings. But these are Hindu terrorists. Not all Hindus are terrorists but these terrorists are Hindu Terrorists as they promote the charter of BJP i.e. destruction of peace, promotion of Hinduvta by destruction of minorities who can't defend themselves. Its by the same standards by which terrorists with Muslim identities were lablled as Muslim Terrorists and similar. In the end, I truly respect your feelings as you are a peace loving person like me. All true terrorists should be given a painful and public death as a lesson to all, be it Muslim or Hindu or a Christian. Stability in the country is of prime importance.
Proud to have a fellow Indian like you!. You are absolutely right. These pseudo-hindus have only one aim in their life. Grab power in whatever means possible.. Even it means the nation goes to the dogs. These idiots have made me ashamed to be hindu... just like those pseudo-muslims who have made you ashamed of.
I agree with you 100% Further I personally feel,as citizens of a new India,we Indians should keep religion within the 4 walls of our homes and not wear it on our sleeves!There should be a law prohibiting public display of religious symbols.
It is precisely this kind of culture which believes in giving "a painful
UR STILL NOT WONDERING .Y ATS AND OUR MEDIA IS SO MUCH INTERESTED ON THIS CASE TO PROVE..WHERE PEOPLE DIED WERE ONLY 6 NO.. STILL THERE IS NO INVESTIGATION ON REMAINING 62 BLAST CASES WER MORE TAHN 1000 PEOPLES DEAD..SO NOW UR OPENLY AGREEING TAHT THIS BLAST BY ONE GROUP AND ALL OTHER 62 BLAST BY ANOTHER GROUP..AND THIS ONE BLAST IS THE REACTION TO OTHER 62 BLASTS ?IF U THINK RATIONALY ..THEN ULLL AGREE..if u think from minority quotat then aull not agree
Some prominent Media channels for thier agenda had accused Yogi Adityanath of being involved in the blast yesterday. Can we expect any action agianst these editors for thier baseless reports????
ATS sees to be on overdrive on malegaon case. Can some body let me know the progress these ATS guys havemade in the Mumbai Train Bomb Blast case??
Yes, you may contact ATS. They will tell you. Now why r u so much interested in the older blasts morethan the latest blast. What is your problem?
The answer is very simple. We would like to know the status of investigations on other blasts also. Innocent lives were taken during the other blasts also. A common man depends on the media for fair and balanced news. Its stupidity to suggest to contact ATS directly.
I wounder until now why police/ATS investigate the Bombay train blasts through this angle.
The year 1999 indian airlines plane hijack also must have been the work of Sadvi.What about 9/11 and Mumbai bomb blast.Innocents like Osama bin laden and Dawood Ibrahim are languishing in their hide outs.
What you say is a joke, it is an unpleasant irony, call a spade a spade.. Read the following news by an impartial journalist like Aman Sharma. The following terrorist acts targeting minorities are NOT RESOLVED 1. Jama Masjid Blast (14 injured), 2. Malegaon( 40 killed) 3, Samjhuta Express Blasts (68 killed) 4 . Mecca Masjid Blasts ( 11 killed) 5. Ajmer Sharif Bomb Blasts ( 3 killed). How much progress has been made in fair and free investigations. Now the truth gets out. God is Great. You guys can not cheat all the people all the time. Learn to treat all Indians alike in the sight of law. Hang a Muslim if it is proved far beyond doubt that he is a terrorist, but stop blaming the whole community. Do the same with all terrorists regardless of their religion and political affiliations and veiled religious garments. Stop encounter terrorism. BJP has created fictitious groups to cover up the activities of their outfits. Treat all Indians alike in the sight of law. Did the BJP administration treat the Gujarat butchery and inhuman slaughter and rape and destruction to property equitably?
How is looking at Hindus as terror suspects disrespecting Hindus? Are all suspicisions for Muslims alone? Worldwide there are terrorists but people want to focus on the black sheep of Muslims and blame everyone, then its fine for eveybody. Now, just some investigations are making people sick. People are posting comments like why goverment is looking for only few killed, and now the Hindu radicals are openly writing, that the citizen has to take law in his hand to take revenge. Do you want every Muslim or Christian to do the same. Muslims live in defence mode but its not right to keep pushing them without reason. There is no question of appeasment, Muslims are struggling to survive in this country. Sachar committe report says it all. If you can label a muslim to be Islamic Terrorist or Fundamentalist, by the same definition and standards you can label a Hindu radical as Hindu Terrorist. Dont take it personally as you had advised the Muslims in the past. Be fair.
Hey "Muslim", you say Muslims are struggling to survive in this country? Are you aware of the fact that Muslims get reservations in the areas of higher education and jobs? Do you know how Muslims live in Kerala? They are the most affluent lot in whole of Kerala and they rule the real estate part there. Please understand one thing, its not just Muslims alone who are struggling. Each and every one of common man is struggling in India while the nasty leaders play dirty politics.
Now it appears that the Train Blast that triggered the Gujarat Riots, was initiated by the Purohit group
You are right Mathew, Purohit was/ is a one of the most evil individuals .People like him were looking for a pretext to carryout their well panned scheme of killing, raping, slaughtering people, setting fire to their shops and homes and the right pretext was starting a small fire inside the train compartment, but unfortunately the fire went beyond their control and consumed the starters of the fire. This gave the pretext that they initiated and went on a rampage killing about 3000 people, injuring some 20,000 and making 250,000 as Internally Displaced Persons. God will never ever forgive this cruel atrocities on poor, innocent people. religions understand a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye but not killing whole communities, doing ethnic cleansing thinking that they can intimidate the entire community and create a state based on one religion and one culture is stupidity and sheer arrogance and immoral.
If you see the role and probe of UP police and CBI in Aarushi Murder case, capabilities of these agencies would be crystal clear. These agencies are paid for serving their political masters.Police/Politicians/Media will keep Malegaon alive,congress party suits their corruption.
Angst on Sadhavi Arrest.Those who killed Gandhi, Kennedy, Mujib, Benazir, blew up Oklahoma , demolished Babri mosque were not from minority. Therefore today when a sadhavi or saint is caught, why does it surprise any Indian? How can majority community claim to be above sin?