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RSS man Kamal confessed Planting the Bombs in Samjhauta Express

By News Desk
Updated Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:02:56 - IST (UTC +5:30)

PANCHKULA/NEW DELHI: Kamal Chauhan, a well doctrine RSS worker arrested by the NIA, had confessed that he planted bombs on board Samjhauta Express in 2007. Kamal Chauhan, who was arrested from Indore on Saturday by NIA told that he underwent training in arms and explosives in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.
The saffron terrorist was taken to Panchkula court which today granted NIA his custody till February 24 for questioning him on his alleged role in the blast in the Delhi-Lahore train that left 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, dead.
Investigations reveal that Chauhan along with Ramchandra Kalasangra alias Ramji and Lokesh Sharma, also charged in the case, planted the explosives in the train at Old Delhi, from where the train originates, NIA's Special Prosecutor R K Handa told outside the court after the in-camera proceedings in the case.
Chauhan, believed to be a close aide of Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange, key accused in the case, was brought to Panchkula in Haryana today. The NIA had sought his remand for a fortnight.
"We have to unearth his complete involvement and association. During investigations, it has come to light that Chauhan underwent extensive training in handling of weapons and explosives. He took training at Karni Singh shooting range in Faridabad (Haryana) and a register seized by CBI on August 10, 2011 has the entries of his name in that shooting range. He also took explosives and arms training at Bagli in Dewas (Madhya Pradesh)," Handa said.
"To unearth more information about execution of the plan, preparations that were made, a thorough investigation is required, for which we have sought the remand," he said.
Chauhan, born in Mhow, is a well trained activist of Rashtirya Swayamsevak Sangh. Sources claimed that during interrogation, Chauhan had spoken about his association with the RSS and his fall out as he did not subscribe to the "new ideologies".
Lokesh Sharma, who was arrested in June 2010 on charges of participating in the criminal conspiracy of the bombing as he was present in the meeting where the alleged plot was hatched, is likely to be slapped with fresh charges for his direct involvement in the bombing, the sources said.
Meanwhile, Chauhan's counsel Anil Soni and Shailender Babbar alleged that his arrest was "politically motivated" and aimed at influencing polls in Uttar Pradesh while his family claimed that he is a farmer by profession and in "no way involved in the crime".
Handa said that Chauhan's father, who was also present in the court today, was allowed by the court to meet his son and his defence lawyers on his plea. Chauhan's father Radhey Shyam said that his son was summoned by local police on February nine and after that he did not return home. Kamal is only son for Radhey Shiam who owns some 30 Bighas agricultural land.
Kamal was associated with slain RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi and rarely stayed at his home in Moorkheda village, about 40 km from Indore. Chauhan was attended RSS shakhas regularly, sources in the Depalpur region said. In his late 20s, Chauhan had been questioned by the NIA six months ago. So when the police called him to come to the Depalpur police station three days ago, the family thought he would return in a couple of hours. The NIA left a written application at the police station before whisking Kamal away and did not share any information with the local police.
The family on Monday accused both the NIA and the police of illegally detaining Kamal and keeping them in the dark about his whereabouts. Kamal’s advocate Vikram Dubey said a habeas corpus plea was moved before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, and another application was moved before a court in Depalpur against the local police.
The agency has come to conclusion that the bombs used in the blast were prepared by Dange, a right wing militant who is absconding and is alleged to be the core of attacks planned and executed since 2002. NIA is also looking for Dange's right hand Kalsangra in connection with the case.
The sources said intense questioning of the accused was being done to ascertain the whereabouts of Dange and Kalsangra, on whom the agency has announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh.
After a four-year probe, the NIA had on June 20, 2011, charged Aseemanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Dange alias Parmanand and Kalasangra for hatching a criminal conspiracy which resulted in blasts in Samjhauta Express near Deewana railway station in Haryana's Panipat district, about 80 km from Delhi. NIA is also investigating the role of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and Indresh Kumar, a senior leader of RSS, in the blasts. Swami Aseemanand and Sharma are already in judicial custody.
Apart from Ajmer Dargah blast, which claimed three lives and left 15 others injured, Aseemanand and Sharma are accused in several other blast cases across the country, including those at Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid and Malegaon

Tags: News Desk Samjhauta Express Blast, RSS, NIA, Panchkula, Indore, Aseemanand, Pragya Thakur

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