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Senior
RSS leader named suspect in Ajmer blast case, denies charge
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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Jaipur/New
Delhi: Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader
Indresh Kumar was present when the conspiracy to carry out a blast
at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's shrine in Ajmer was hatched,
according to the charge-sheet in the case. He has denied the
charges.
However, Indresh Kumar has not been named as accused in the
charge-sheet filed by the Rajasthan Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad
in an Ajmer court Friday. Five supporters of radical Hindu group
Abhinav Bharat have been responsible for the Oct 11, 2007 blast,
in which three people were killed and 30 injured.
"Indresh has so far not been made an accused in the case as
further investigations are required, but he seems to be a
conspirator," a source in the ATS said.
The RSS leader termed the charges a "a political conspiracy"
against him by the Congress government.
Rejecting any substance in the allegations, Indresh Kumar claimed
that "the investigating agency has been used against me".
He told the CNN-IBN newschannel that the RSS did not believe in
violence and he would approach the court for justice.
The ATS has charged Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Chander Shekhar
Lave, Sandeep Dange and Ramji Kalsangre with murder, attempt to
murder, conspiracy, harming or defiling place of worship and other
crimes.
Gupta, Sharma and Lave are in judicial custody while Dange and
Kalsangre are absconding.
Another accused, Sunil Joshi, died during the course of
investigation.
The 806-page charge sheet says that the conspiracy for the bomb
blast was hatched during a meeting held in room number 26 of
Gujarati Samaj Guesthouse situated near MI Road in Jaipur Oct 21,
2005. The accused had checked in under false names.
According to the charge sheet, Indresh Kumar was present at the
secret meeting in which six other functionaries of the outfit were
also present.
"Indresh suggested that they attach themselves to some religious
organisation so that they can pass themselves off as pilgrims,"
the charge-sheet says.
Swami Asinanand of Abhinav Bharat Sangthan and Sadhvi Pragya of
Jai Vande Matram Sangthan were also present in the meeting where
not only was the conspiracy hatched but different tasks were also
assigned to some of the conspirators, the ATS said.
According to the ATS, the bombs were made in Indore and the area
where the bombs were to be planted were identified in a meeting
held in Dang area of Gujarat between Feb 11 and 13, 2007.
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