Probing into the Malegaon blast, the Maharashtra ATS on Wednesday recovered the laptop of Lt-Colonel Prasad Purohit, the device had gone missing after the soldier was picked up for questioning on October 29, the sleuths have sent the computer for forensic examination.
The ATS detained Mahant Amritanand alias Dayanand Pandey, the head of the Sharda Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu, from his brother’s house in Kanpur, for alleged involvement in the Malegaon blast.
The Mahant will be produced in court Thursday, when the ATS will seek a transit remand to take him to Mumbai for questioning.
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 was picked up from the Rawatpur locality which falls under the Kalyanpur police station.
Pandey's name had allegedly cropped up during the interrogation of Purohit and Abhinav Bharat fund-raiser Ajay Rahirkar.
"We got Pandey's photographs, mobile numbers and other details. We verified these and on Wednesday got Pandey's custody from the UP police,'' said Karkare.
Talking of Pandey's role, Karkare said, "He participated in several meetings conducted by the arrested accused at Bhonsala military school, Deolali camp, Indore, Nashik and Jammu and Kashmir. He was part of the larger conspiracy.''
Additional director general (law and order) Brij Lal and secretary, home, Kumar Kamlesh in Uttar Pradesh told reporters that Pandey claimed to be the head of Sharda Sarvagya Peeth situated in the Trikut nagar area of Jammu. Pandey had been living in the peeth after his initiation in 2003.
Reports appearing n the internet media suggest Pandey was the guru of Sadhvi Pragya and had been hiding in his lawyer brother Pushkar's house near Ram Lala School of Rawatpur since Pragya's arrest a few days ago. Locals, however, claimed that Pandey had come to visit his father, a retired police sub-inspector.
Meanwhile, regional head of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Awadh Bihari Mishra denied that Sudhakar had any links with the organisation. "I have never heard about him," he said.
The ATS detained Mahant Amritanand alias Dayanand Pandey, the head of the Sharda Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu, from his brother’s house in Kanpur, for alleged involvement in the Malegaon blast.
The Mahant will be produced in court Thursday, when the ATS will seek a transit remand to take him to Mumbai for questioning.
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 was picked up from the Rawatpur locality which falls under the Kalyanpur police station.
Pandey's name had allegedly cropped up during the interrogation of Purohit and Abhinav Bharat fund-raiser Ajay Rahirkar.
"We got Pandey's photographs, mobile numbers and other details. We verified these and on Wednesday got Pandey's custody from the UP police,'' said Karkare.
Talking of Pandey's role, Karkare said, "He participated in several meetings conducted by the arrested accused at Bhonsala military school, Deolali camp, Indore, Nashik and Jammu and Kashmir. He was part of the larger conspiracy.''
Additional director general (law and order) Brij Lal and secretary, home, Kumar Kamlesh in Uttar Pradesh told reporters that Pandey claimed to be the head of Sharda Sarvagya Peeth situated in the Trikut nagar area of Jammu. Pandey had been living in the peeth after his initiation in 2003.
Reports appearing n the internet media suggest Pandey was the guru of Sadhvi Pragya and had been hiding in his lawyer brother Pushkar's house near Ram Lala School of Rawatpur since Pragya's arrest a few days ago. Locals, however, claimed that Pandey had come to visit his father, a retired police sub-inspector.
Meanwhile, regional head of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Awadh Bihari Mishra denied that Sudhakar had any links with the organisation. "I have never heard about him," he said.
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