The heat is on senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar, who was already blamed by Aseemanand as one of the kingpins of terror strikes in Malegaon, Ajmer and Mecca Masjid and Samjhauta express.
More trouble is brewing for him as Rajasthan ATS has arrested another one of Indresh’s aides – Bharat Bhai Rateshwar. He was the one who was given the task of mobilising funds for terror strikes.
His confession statement – accessed by CNN-IBN – corroborates a lot of what Aseemanand had told investigators himself.
The heat is on senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar, who was already blamed by Aseemanand as one of the kingpins of terror strikes in Malegaon, Ajmer and Mecca Masjid and Samjhauta express.More trouble is brewing for him as Rajasthan ATS has arrested another one of Indresh’s aides – Bharat Bhai Rateshwar. He was the one who was given the task of mobilising funds for terror strikes.His confession statement – accessed by CNN-IBN – corroborates a lot of what Aseemanand had told investigators himself.
Indresh was introduced to Pragya Thakur and Sunil Joshi alais Manoj by Aseemanand at Kumbh. Sunil Joshi called him after the Ajmer blasts told him his boys had planted the bombs. Later he was told by another individual that Sunil Joshi has been murdered.
It was the murder mystery of Sunil Joshi that turned out to be the cause of biggest concern for Indresh and RSS.
Aseemanand in his confession had stated clearly that it was Bharat Bhai who gave money to Sunil Joshi for terror strikes at Indresh’s behest.
CNN-IBN has now learnt that the investigators are trying to verify Aseemanand’s claim of Indresh being responsible for Joshi’s murder through Bharat Bhai.
So far the NIA has treated Bharat Rateshwar as a prosecution witness in the Samjhauta Blast case.
And with the fresh revelations, the investigating agency may have to look anew into his role in this network, into which he allegedly pumped in more than Rs 1 lakh.
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