*Similarities in Malegaon, Nanded blasts* Monday, October 27, 2008, (Mumbai) http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080070197
- *"There are uncanny similiarities between the Malegaon blast of 2008 and the Nanded blast of 2006"* - *"Bhate trained 115 Bajrang Dal cadres at Govt. Bhonsala Military School, Nagpur for Bajran Dal"* - *"He found the training was being given to mislead the youths - Bhate says".* - *"Two cadres he trained later died in Nanded blast (2006), but many of the charges later diluted by CBI"* As Maharashtra's anti-terror squad deepens its investigations into the Malegoan blasts, the role of *Hindutva extremists* is getting more and more apparent. Also, two ex-army men have been questioned in the case.*(Watch)*<http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx?id= 42381> But what is emerging now is that there are uncanny similarities between the Malegaon blast of 2008 and the Nanded blast of 2006, a case that the investigating agencies are accused of going slow on. The early findings in the Malegaon blasts have more than one similarity to the Nanded blast case. In Nanded two activists said to be of the *Bajrang Dal* were killed when they were assembling bombs in their room. Four others were badly injured at that time. Bajrang Dal members openly justified what the group was planning. *''In today's time Hindus are under attack from all sides. It was high time someone did something. But let me tell you they had been part of Bajrang Dal a long time ago. So we are not directly connected,''* said Sanjay Kodage,Nanded Bajrang Dal Chief. The ATS chargesheet named 11 people for criminal conspiracy, all with links to *Hindutva* organisations. It also linked them to the attacks on mosques and against Muslims in towns of Jalna, Parbhani and Purna that Maharashtra had witnessed around that time. And most damningly the chargesheet mentions the connection to ex army men and the Bhonsala Military School. The chargesheet carries the statement of one of the witnesses, a captain with the merchant navy, Sanat Kumar Vithal Bhate from Pune. Bhate told the ATS that he had been invited by the *Bajrang Dal* to train 115 cadres at Nagpur's Bhonsala Military School. Two retired army men and a senior retired officer from the Intelligence Bureau were also training the cadres. Bhate said that he found that the training was being given to mislead the youth. Among the cadre were two who later died in the Nanded blast. But later when the case was transferred to the CBI many of the charges were diluted. The CBI chose to see the Nanded blast in isolation and not as part of a wider conspiracy. Whether it was political pressure or lack of evidence is a question that will come back to haunt investigators. Also, given the leads emerging from Nanded 2006 if investigators could have prevented Malegaon 2008 is another question being raised. ++++++++++++++++++++ Malegaon blast accused offered legal aid: <http://communalism.blogspot.com/2008/10/update-on-malegaon-blasts-and-involved.html> http://communalism.blogspot.com/2008/10/update-on-malegaon-blasts-and-involved.html A Hindu group [SRS, Sri Ram Sena] offered legal assistance to Malegaon blast case suspects Sadhvi Pragya Singh and her associates, who were arrested by Maharashtra Police. The Sri Ram Sena (SRS), recently in news for allegedly vandalising an MF Hussain exhibition in Delhi and attacking churches in Karnataka. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (evil) with what is better; then the enmity between him and you will become as if it were your friend and intimate! Visit: sultan.org Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Post to group: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
