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Bajrang Dal. VHP. Abhinav Bharat. The names of ultra right-wing outfits are increasingly cropping up as investigators wake up to a new form of terror. RANA AYYUB tracks the dangerous trend

The Nanded blast of April 6, 2006, was the first to open up a glimpse into the activities of the country’s saffron terror modules. It took place at the residence of RSS worker Lakshman Rajkondwar, a retired irrigation department engineer, and was apparently an accident, occurring during the preparation of bombs meant to be placed outside a mosque in Aurangabad after Friday prayers. The accident had, importantly, been fuelled by a need to uphold ‘Hindu’ honour. The aim, then, was to avenge the 2005 blasts in Delhi and the 2006 blast in Varanasi, by engineering explosions in Muslim-dominated areas in central Maharashtra and killing at least 300 to 400 Muslims in each incident. This was also the intention of the blasts at Parbhani, Jalna and Purna, all of which occurred outside mosques between 1.30 and 2 in the afternoon, to ensure as many casualties as possible.  

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Malegaon :' Why were only 6 people killed?’ Sadhvi Pragya Thakur asks Ramji

Vignesh Iyer Vignesh Iyer, Hindustan Times

Mumbai, November 04, 2008

First Published: 00:47 IST(4/11/2008)

Last Updated: 01:24 IST(4/11/2008) 

“Why were only six people killed when we had planned for more?”

This statement, the prosecution claimed in court on Monday, was from a conversation between Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and Ramji, one of the suspects in the blasts that ripped through Malegaon on September 28.

According to the witness’ statement, Ramji replied: “As the area was crowded, I could not park the vehicle where it could have created maximum damage”.Special public prosecutor Ajay Mishar claimed that that this conversation was overheard by a witnesses, who gave a statement to the magistrate under the provisions of CrPC Section 164.

According to the witness’ statement, Ramji replied: “As the area was crowded, I could not park the vehicle where it could have created maximum damage”.  Ramji allegedly told Thakur that he was scared of being caught.

The witness also claimed that Thakur had said that if the motorcycle, on which the bombs were planted, was seized, she would say that she had sold the motorcycle a long time ago.

When asked about the significance of the witness, Mishar said the actual sequence of events took place as per the conversation between Thakur and Ramji. “After the blasts, Thakur told the police that she had sold her motorcycle long back,” said Mishar.  source