Ajmer, May 01: In a significant development in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case, the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a second suspect.
Chandrashekhar Barot was picked up from Chhapra village in Shajapur on Friday night.
The arrest comes just two days after another suspect, Devendra Gupta was nabbed by the Rajasthan ATS on Wednesday night when he had gone to meet his ailing mother, sources said.
Gupta is allegedly linked with Hindu outfit Abhinav Bharat Sangathan and is suspected to be involved in the blast inside the Dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty at Ajmer in October 2007, sources said.
Officials are also probing Gupta’s alleged link with Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key suspect in the Malegaon blast case.
They said Gupta was staying in Jharkhand and had come to Ajmer on Wednesday. A SIM card recovered from the blast site helped police trace him, they said.
“This man has been an active RSS member for years and has been involved with several Hindu groups. The various groups who all were involved or not with this blast will become clearer after our investigation,” said Home Minister of Rajasthan, Shanti Dhariwal.
Under surveillance for several months, Gupta was finally caught when he came to visit his family in Ajmer. His family claims, Gupta left home as a young boy to study in Indore where his brother lived. Later, he moved to Jharkhand where even his family admits he was linked to the RSS.
—–Agencies