BJP,RSS leaders involved in Sunil Joshi’s murder: Digvijay

Digvijay said that MP Police had made out a "weak case" in the murder of Joshi.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday alleged that senior leaders of both the BJP and RSS were involved in the killing of former Sangh Parcharak Sunil Joshi,a charge dismissed by the Madhya Pradesh government.

“I charge that BJP and RSS senior leaders were involved in Sunil Joshi murder case,” Singh told reporters here.

He said that MP Police had made out a “weak case” in the murder of Joshi,who was a key accused behind many acts of terror,including the 2007 Ajmer dargah blast.

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“Joshi’s murder was well planned. First the MP police had closed the investigation in Joshi murder case but it was forced to reopen it following the Rajasthan ATS’ damning revelations,” Singh said.

Reacting to Singh’s allegations,MP Cabinet spokesman Narottam Mishra said “no one takes the Congress leader seriously.”

Mishra,who is also the State Law and Legislative Affairs Minister,said that Singh “has fallen in the habit of giving such irrelevant statements.”

The senior Congress leader said MP police had spoiled the case and did a “match fixing” over its investigations.

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He said if the state government has to come out clean,it should ask the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to carry out a probe into the case.

“I have asked the NIA to carry out the investigation and tie the loose ends in the case. Only a central agency’s investigation into the murder will bring truth to the fore.”

Former RSS Parcharak Sunil Joshi was shot dead in MP’s Dewas district in December 2007.

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