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| Ban any organisation involved in terror acts: Cong Posted: 17 May 2010 08:25 AM PDT In the backdrop of the NIA filing a chargesheet against 11 persons from the right-wing Hindu outfit `Sanatan Sanstha’ in the Goa blast, Congress today said any organisation, which is involved in acts of terror, should be banned. “Any organisation which is involved in any act of terror should be banned. There are no two views about it,” party spokesman Manish Tewari said when asked whether the Sanatan Sanstha should be banned. Referring to the blasts at places like Malegaon (Maharashtra), Mecca Masjid (Hyderabad) and Ajmer Sharif (Rajasthan), Tewari said there is “suspicion” that organisations with close affinity to RSS have been named. Asked about the specific role of the RSS, Tewari said the organisation’s position has been made amply clear. “Possibly… time has come for the government to holistically look at the interconnected organisations like Abhinav Bharat, Sriram Sene and others as to where they fit in the RSS pantheon,” the spokesman said. Tewari said all the blasts took place in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections and were intended to polarise voters. “These blasts were intended to polarise the voters… Everybody knows who was the intended beneficiary,” he said, adding, there was need to look into the whole nexus and the wider details and what kind of relationship these organisations share with the RSS. AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, who has been vocal about the role of right wing organisations in such blasts, congratulated the NIA for filing the chargesheet and said, “All such cases of bomb blasts should be handed to the NIA. There is a common thread… I am absolutely convinced that if the investigations are taken into a logical conclusion, there will be startling disclosure.” Claiming that Sanatan Sanstha was a front, Singh said, “This is a branch of a tree which is rooted in the RSS”. Courtesy:HT |
| Goa blast case: NIA files chargesheet against 11 accused Posted: 17 May 2010 05:44 AM PDT The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed charges in a court against 11 activists of a Hindu right wing organisation for the 2009 Diwali-eve blast that killed two people in Goa’s Margao town. The accused are facing charges of conspiring and collecting arms for waging a war against the state and mischief. The chargesheet, numbering about 3,000 pages, was filed before Sessions Judge U.V. Bakre. The investigating agency also listed among the accused two Sanatan Sanstha members who were killed in the accidental blast that took place while they were ferrying explosives to a festival gathering in Margao, 35 km from here, Oct 16, 2009. The two accused who died in the blast were Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik. The charge sheet names 250 witnesses, who are likely to be examined by the local court during the trial. Those named as accused include Vinay Talekar, Vinayak Patil, Dhananjay Ashtekar, all residents of Goa, and Dilip Mangaonkar, a resident of Maharashtra. They all are at present in judicial custody. Other accused named in the charge sheet are Prashant Juvekar, Sarang Akolkar, Jayaprakash, Rudra Patil and Prashant Ashtekar, all residents of Maharashtra. They all are absconding. Giving details of the sequence of events before the blast, the NIA said that Ashtekar rigged 12 electronic detonator circuits in Pune and out of these he set aside five for the intended explosion in Goa. The chargesheet said that a dry run was also carried out by the accused a couple of months before the Diwali-eve blast. The investigation into the Margao blast was initially conducted by a special investigation team (SIT) of Goa Police, but was later handed over to the NIA. Apart from facing charges for waging war against the state, they have also been charged under the Explosive Substance Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Courtesy:TOI |
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