New Delhi:
In a major setback to the RSS, terror-accused Aseemanand has stuck to his confession. The RSS had tried to junk Aseemanand's earlier confession before a magistrate saying he was coerced, but on Saturday Assemanand stuck to his confession that Hindutva radicals were behind the bomb attack on the Samjhauta Express in 2007 which killed 68.
In a statement he has named Ramji Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange, both on the run as the key plotters in the terror attack.
His statement came days after the CBI announced that it will reinvestigate the 2006 Malegaon blasts case. A MCOCA court had earlier granted the permission to CBI.
Aseemanand, alias Jatin Chatterjee, had reportedly made a statement before a magistrate on December 18, 2010 in which he said that in June 2006, he and other members of the Sangh Parivar like Riteshwar, Sadhvi Pragya and Sunil Joshi met at Riteshwar's house in Valsad (Gujarat).
Aseemanand reportedly told everyone present at the meeting that 'bomb ka jawab bomb se dena chahiye'. He also said that he realised that Joshi and his group were already doing something on the subject.
Aseemanand is believed to be a close aide of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, one of the main accused in the Malegaon blast case.
Thirty one people were killed and another 312 injured in Malegaon blast on September 8, 2006.