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Nashik , New Delhi November 15
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) suspects that Lt Col Prasad Purohit supplied the RDX that was used in the Samjhauta Express blast on February 18, 2007 that killed 68 passengers.The ATS suspects Purohit supplied the explosive to a person named ‘Bhagwan’ who is believed to be a link in the bomb blasts.
Seeking an extension of police custody of Purohit, Special Prosecutor for Maharashtra ATS Ajay Misar told a Nashik court that a witness in the Malegaon blast case told the agency that Purohit had claimed he had 60 kg of RDX in his possession which he had got from J&K.
Misar said: “When Purohit was stationed at the Deolali army camp, he had gone to Jammu and Kashmir on official work and is believed to have got 60 kg of RDX and a part of it was given to this link ‘Bhagwan’, who used it in the Samjhauta train blast. The ATS is probing his involvement.”
“Purohit handed over the RDX to Bhagwan who is suspected to be in hiding in the garb of a godman. So Bhagwan is a key link and we hope to learn about his whereabouts and antecedents in the three-day remand given,” Misar told The Indian Express.
The ATS also said that Purohit—along with Pragya Thakur and Dayanand Pandey—is suspected to have played a key role not only in the Malegaon blast of September 29 but in other blasts as well.
The witness, whose statement had been recorded, had said that Purohit showed him two small brown bags containing RDX, which he said he had recovered from J&K, Misar added.
However, Purohit in his statement to the ATS said that he had thrown the 60 kg of RDX into the Jhelum river instead of depositing it in the army depot.
The ATS is also probing the role of a Nashik-based builder who was paid Rs 2.5 lakh by Ajay Rahirkar at the behest of Purohit. The police have already said that funds amounting to lakhs were routed to Rahirkar through hawala channels. Rahirkar, in turn, transferred part of it to Pandey and Purohit’s accounts.
The Haryana police probing the Samjhauta blast (which happened in Panipat in Haryana) are now counting on finding new clues when they get to question Mahant Amritanand alias Dayanand Pandey on Sunday.
The Samjhauta probe trail had reached a dead-end in Indore, but the initial line of investigations was very SIMI-centric as several SIMI leaders including Safdar Nagori came from that area.
Madhya Pradesh police officials involved in the probe last year said that when a SIMI connection failed to emerge, suggestions were made to examine the possible involvement of Hindu right wing groups, but it was not taken up then. Haryana police confirmed the SIMI angle was ruled out after investigations.
A mix of high- and low-intensity explosives was used in the blast on the Indo-Pak friendship train which killed 68 — 42 of them Pakistanis. While a larger quantity of Potassium Chlorate and Sulphur were used to create the bomb, minor quantities of RDX were also found in the bomb, Dr. R K Koshal, ballistic expert from Haryana’s Forensic Science Laboratory confirmed. The use of RDX in ‘traces’ was also seen in explosives used in Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad in May 2007 and also in the Malegaon blast.
“There was RDX in traces in the suitcase bomb on the Samjhauta Express and that much was enough for the blast mechanism,” said Kaushal.
ADG Haryana V N Rai who is heading the Samjhauta blast probe, however, said that there is still no major breakthrough in the investigation.”We are closely monitoring the situation and are in touch with Mumbai ATS. Our probe status still stands at Indore”, Rai said.
The bombers had purchased the suitcases from Indore’s Kothari market. Investigations had found that the ‘Kodak’ brand suitcases used in the explosion on the train were purchased from the Abhinandan Bag Centre in Kothari Market while a tailor who sat opposite the bag centre stitched the suitcase covers. That apart, the pipe-bomb shells, Super Saurabh plastic boxes in which the IED was packed were also bought from the same area. Two of the accused in the Malegaon blasts are from Indore.
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Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharastra Police is like a Sonia Army. It is a rogue organization whose personnel see themselves as accountable to none. They picked up Sadhvi on 10-10-08 and tortured and kept her in illegal custody for 2 weeks and registered her arrest on 24-10-08. Police is linked to Malegaon blast as they did not remove the motorcycle even after locals have complained about it. Motorcycle had belonged to Sadhvi Pragya Thakur 4 years earlier, but was sold by her associate Manoj Sharma without telling her. This meant that the congress party had planned Malegaon blast some four years ago to coincide with the next parliament election. Manoj Sharma was killed by the Christian mafia a few months ago as his utility was over for the policemen who planned the Malegaon blast. Central Administrative Tribunal ruled that Sonia’s appointment on 29-2-08 of the politically linked christian A N Roy as the police chief of Maharastra was illegal as he is the junior-most IPS among four DGPs
Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharastra Police is like a Sonia Army. It is a rogue organization whose personnel see themselves as accountable to none. They picked up Sadhvi on 10-10-08 and tortured and kept her in illegal custody for 2 weeks and registered her arrest on 24-10-08. Police is linked to Malegaon blast as they did not remove the motorcycle even after locals have complained about it. Motorcycle had belonged to Sadhvi Pragya Thakur 4 years earlier, but was sold by her associate Manoj Sharma without telling her. This meant that the congress party had planned Malegaon blast some four years ago to coincide with the next parliament election. Manoj Sharma was killed by the Christian mafia a few months ago as his utility was over for the policemen who planned the Malegaon blast. Central Administrative Tribunal ruled that Sonia’s appointment on 29-2-08 of the politically linked christian A N Roy as the police chief of Maharastra was illegal as he is the junior-most IPS among four DGPs
"...is believed to have got 60 kg of RDX and a part of it was given to this link ‘Bhagwan’," where is the proof. Something has gone wrong with ATS officers investigtions. It looks like ATS has be been told to book all hindus!!
what is truth? WE know CBI let off Quartrochi.We are sure there is bias in investigation. Was SAdvi motorcycle stolen to be planted?Samjuta blast wasnoRDX as per old evidence. 60 Kgs is a bid weight to carry by a man .This story may be fake.As we know 2-5 kgs itself is a big transport headache.60 is falsity.Mlitary ammno aspowder is faslle/ Why ATS is misleading?Military knows that if plfered it will be used against itself. Who tells truth? cong will create comunal clashes to escape price rise, bad rule.Is Sonia, Arjun involved?God save india ifthis is RDX gate!
The IB and Delhi Police had confirmed the use of Nitrate and not the RDX in samjauta Express blasts. Also, at that time Nagori had taken the responsibility of Samjauta Express blasts. May be Col. Purohit was Nagor in his previous life or his ghost.'
Purhit supplied RDX ,this sort of fabrication by ATS will not carry any result. Every item in depot is kept with double entry system.Any how police can supply RDX when police recovers from a terrorist and a part of it can be shown in other case pending with the police.
It is totally baffling why a little known Hindu outfit would trigger a blast in a train by which it has nothing to gain, like deliver a threat to an enemy or the state, earn popularity or convey a message. It is not terrorism to target its own innocents. Or there is a deliberate plot behind the ongoing investigation. There is something amiss.
Does RDX grows on trees in Kashmir that Lt. Col. Purohit plucked 60 kg of it ? These ATS clowns are nothing but pawns of congress party who is dying to please Muslims at any cost.Hindus must realise that tolerance has its limits and it is time to get real and do away with this secularism.
Where is probe for the Assam blast, do we remember it at all.Malegaon blast happened in front of SIMI office, is not it?Where is probe for all other blast..What about Jamia Nagar encounter where we lost on inspecter and Jamia'VC was collecting legal help for the accused through official circular. These politicians and Media has pushed a section of Hindus to take this route
Well I am surprised to see the News Channels and also the Speed of the ATS. What happened to All other blasts in last few year. Do you remember that Assam had serial blast few days back, nobody talks about it.Such Media and politicians are responsible for this situation. When you dont talk about the 59 people burned alive in Godhra ), Have Conspiracy Theory on Sohrabuddin case, All the coimbatore, Parliament accuse are given all the facility, recent Jamia Nagar encounter ect.ect, ARE EXAMPLE WHY A SECTION IS FORCED TO TAKE HIS OWN PATH.WE NEED A PEOPLE MOVEMENT TO PUNISH SUCH MEDIA and POLITICIAN and set a equal society
These people are NOT understanding that the whole world now knows that Hindus are prosecuted in India, otherwise why will they resort to such a extreme step in their own country? Even if the Congress manages to prove Hindus are terrorist, what will they achieve? Kill every Hindu and make India a Muslim country? What can they do about Muslims who are bigger terrorists? This is a Hindu country but uptil now it was secular. Now these genius Congress people are shooting themselves in the foot. What will be the final result?
The action against Lt. Col. Purohit is warning to all army pesonels. Recently the army has refuse the take governement offer for pay. Now this is warning to them that the minority rule of India will not tolerate ARMY people and can be implicated just like Lt Col. Purohit. The Indian army has operations in J
This was bound to happen and is a natural reaction to the inaction of the government and pseudo secularists towards growing muslim fundamentalism and islamic fanatics who are steadily spreading their tentacles in the whole country. Now even muslims will live in insecurity, the same insecurity that they helped foster throughout the country. The only solution towards ending this cycle of violence is to tackle the menace of muslim fundamentalism through very strong measures.
Isn't it a joke that FSL Lab Report Claimed that RDX was not used in Samjhauta Blast. Is this a new entertainment version of WWE and why are we including army in such a careless manner of investigations?What if charges alleged by ATS do not stand anywhere in the end? Will these ATS officers charged with treason for maligning the image of Indian Army and demoralizing the Defence Personnels?Suddenly, ATS finds a Forgery Case against Accused Lt Col? Why this new fact, after all the versions of ATS is proved to be self contradictty?
no terrorist should be spared wheather he is a hindu or muslim,strong anti terror laws are needed to control such menace rather than politicising terror,the upa should be reponsible for this situation today
This was bound to happen at some point of time and is the result of the lack of action against islamic fundamentalism and muslim fanatics, which prompted such a reaction from Hindu nationalists. Now even muslims will live in insecurity, the same insecurity that they have helped foster in India and understand the pain of losing innocnet lives.
If he has really done all that, he must be punished- and severely. However looks like thanx to the UPA he will be held guilty irrespective of what he did or didn't do. At this rate he will soon be found guilty of engineering the parliament attack, POK earthquake, 1911 famine etc..
21 accused muslim guys were acquitted in 2007 bomb blast case in mecca masjid in hydrabad, whom police has claimed to terrorist after the blast. they were tortured in the police station. finally they were acquitted after rigorous 17 months in custody, now govt. is trying to rehabilitate them. what a shame. Now when people like purohit is exposed, organizations are putting all their efforts to protect them. RSS is the main culprit behind all these blast. they don't care who is killed in bomb blast, whether muslims or hindus. who care? sufder nagori, kammudinn nagori ,amil perwez admitted the blast in samjauta express and malegon blast as per police of gujarat which has an RSS govt. they don't have any facts to prove that. where else here mumbai ATS police has all the required proofs to substantiate their claim. i am not supporting any community. Just think of innocent killed and support truth, if muslims are guilty hang them, if somebody else then penalty should be the same.Jai Hind
On discussion about Army person's role in Malegaon blast, Karan Thapar simply cut Gen Chowdhary out in the discussion whenever some critical view was being discussed. Is the network trying to only show their view? Is Col Purohit's action due to inability of the government to take on Muslim terrorist?
If CBI is also associated with ATS, they will soon find that Sadhvi,Purohit
A.N. Roy.. keep up the good work. I .. as a hindu indian am fully behind you. Don't bother about these idioti politicians and their muppet followers..A lot of sacrifice has gone into creating ths country and it is important we preserve this.
ATS: Don't ask for evidence only words, as Purohit threw RDX into jhelum river.ATS: Purohit got RDX after nabbing T_errorist with 60 kg RDX, actually it not his job in Army has clarified that this is job of Infantry to collect such stuff from t_errorist. Military Intelligence's job is to collect Intelligence.ATS says that the reason for arrest is their Star Witness, who was told this info by Purohit himself.Can anyone at all involved in a criminal conspiracy leak such explicit information to anybody outside the conspirators ? Remember this guys is a Military Intelligence expert.According to ATS, Purohit executed planned and got the materials for the blast, then WHAT IS THE NEED FOR PRAGYA THAKUR AND DAYANAD PANDEY ?ATS does not have any bills of transactions connecting any of the people arrested.
Is Bombay police chief ready to undergo narco test for the income they have earned so far ? ATS ( Anti-national Terrorist Squad) are framing false charges on Hindus to benefit their masters congress. Bombay Police commissioner was appointed by Congress Chief Minister. So it is but natural he will help Congress to benefit in on-going elections. If Bombay is so bold then why they are not doing anything to Raj Thackeray ? Why Bombay police officials are having tea party with Mafia dons, and Marathi criminals like Raj Thackeray ?
i m ashamed to know that Colonel of the prestigious indian army which we are proud of have provided explosives to kill his own countrymen in the name of religion
Foransic report of Samjhauta Express blast is diffrent from RDX ,contain of nitrogen and other subtance,,in2006 sufder nagori, kammudinn nagori ,amil perwez is already addmitted responsibility of Samjhauta Express blast ,and malegon blast,during narcotic test