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Sadhvi Pragya an accused in Samjhauta blasts case
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur,an accused in Malegaon blasts and the murder of RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi,is likely to be named as an accused in the Samjhauta blasts case,along with Swami Aseemanand.
Written by Bhartesh Singh Thakur
Panchkula | June 8, 2011 02:29 AM IST
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Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur,an accused in Malegaon blasts and the murder of RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi,is likely to be named as an accused in the Samjhauta blasts case,along with Swami Aseemanand.
Sources said a chargesheet mentioning her name and specific charges would by produced by the National Investigation Agency NIA court in Panchkula on June 20. Pragya is at present in judicial custody. She was allegedly part of the criminal conspiracy to carry out blasts in the Samjahuta Express,along with Swami Aseemanand,Sunil Joshi,Ramchandra Kalsangra,Sandeep Dange and Ashwini Chauhan.
Ahead of Pakistan Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmud Kasuris three-day official visit on February 18,2007,just before the midnight,two bombs went off in the train,killing 67 people,most from Pakistan,and injuring 50.
On Tuesday,Assemanand appeared through video conferencing in the NIA court here. His judicial custody has been extended till June 20. He had submitted in the court that the CBI,NIA and Rajasthan ATS forced him to confess about various blasts,including the one in Samjhauta,and that the CBI tortured him physically and mentally,and obtained his signatures on blank papers. Aseemanands 180 days under arrest will end on June 20.
The court is also likely to declare Kalsangra,Dange and Chauhan as proclaimed offenders in the next hearing.
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