Lucknow, July 10: In a shocking development in the Ajmer blast case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has claimed that senior RSS functionaries from Uttar Pradesh had provided SIM cards and were in touch with an accused involved in the case while he was on the run.
CBI has claimed that, Ashok Varshney and Ashok Beri of the RSS have confessed during interrogation that they were in contact with Devendra Gupta, arrested by the Rajasthan police in April, 2010.
Varshney, admitted that he arranged for Gupta’s stay in Kanpur during October and November 2009.
Gupta told CBI that Beri organised accommodation for him in Lucknow and Sitapur during the same period.
The RSS men admitted that they were aware that Gupta was a suspect in the Ajmer blast case.
–Agencies