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Ajmer Blast Convict, Out On Bail, Gets Hero's Welcome In Gujarat Hometown
A convict in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case, in which three people were killed, was accorded a hero's welcome in Bharuch on Sunday by a large crowd, including members of the VHP, RSS and BJP, after being released on bail.
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Aseemanand, Samjhauta Blast Accused, To Walk Out Of Jail After 6 Years
Six years after his arrest for involvement in three bombings, Swami Aseemanand will soon walk out a free man. A Hyderabad court has granted bail to Aseemanand in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case that killed over a dozen people in the Telangana capital on the condition that does not step out of the city without the court's permission.
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Ajmer Blast Case: Quantum Of Punishment Likely On March 22
The special NIA court in Jaipur is likely to pronounce the quantum of sentence in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case on March 22 after it continued to hear arguments today on the sentencing of the two convicts. Defence counsel Jagdish Rana said the magistrate deferred the verdict and posted the matter for Wednesday.
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Witness Number 20 Turns Hostile in Ajmer Blast Case
One more witness in the Ajmer shrine blasts case, Ram Charan Patel turned hostile in a Jaipur court today, bringing the total number of hostile witnesses to 20, in a case in which the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charged right wing extremists including some Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members for the blast which killed three people...
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Exclusive: After Malegaon, Ajmer Blast Case Faces Allegations of Sabotage
In a major blow to the National Investigating Agency's Ajmer blast trial, 13 crucial prosecution witnesses have now turned hostile and gone back on their testimonies.
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Charges framed against Aseemanand, 6 others in Ajmer blasts
A special NIA court in Jaipur framed murder charges against seven persons, including key accused Aseemanand, in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case.
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Ajmer blasts case: Aseemanand backtracks
Key accused in dargah blast case, Swami Aseemanand, who is currently in an Ajmer jail, has allegedly told his lawyer that he is being coerced by the CBI into turning approver.Aseemanand who had given a sealed envelope to the court a few weeks ago in his court appearance, asked for that sealed envelope not to be taken on record yet. The envelope, ac...
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Ajmer blast: Key accused names RSS leader Indresh Kumar
Bharat Bhai, a key accused in the Ajmer blast case who was arrested from Gujarat last week, has told the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) that RSS leader Indresh Kumar was the mastermind behind the murder of RSS functionary Sunil Joshi. In his confessional statement given to an Ajmer court, he said that RSS pracharak from Madhya Pradesh, Sunil ...
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BJP corporator arrested for Sunil Joshi murder
Less than three months after RSS man Harshad Solanki was charged with killing RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi, the Dewas police has now arrested BJP leader, Ram Charan Patel in connection with the murder. Ram Charan Patel is a BJP corporator from Dewas. Police say, Patel stole Sunil Joshi's cellphone right after his murder on December 29, 2007 and was al...
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In editorial, RSS questions Aseemanand confession
Raising questions over the role of investigating agencies, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said it found "intriguing" that only those persons arrested for alleged links to Hindu radicalism were "confessing" to terror acts, whereas convicted militants like Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru appeared to be more "tight-lipped" with them."...Intriguing t...
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Samjhauta blast: Swami Aseemanand sent to 14-day judicial custody
Swami Aseemanand, the main accused in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast, was today remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a court.The counsel for the right-wing Hindu group Abhinav Bharat member said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told the court that it does not require further custody of the accused as it has completed its investigation.H...
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Ajmer blast probe: Car used to ferry explosives found
Rajasthan's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) has reported making very major inroads into its investigations into the Ajmer blasts of 2007, recovering the vehicle that may have been used to transport the explosives. The car is a crucial link in the blast that shook the Ajmer Dargah. It's in this vehicle that Sunil Joshi, the RSS leader believed to be a kingp...
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Swami Asimanand sent to judicial custody
Swami Asimanand, who was arrested by the CBI yesterday for his alleged role in the Mecca masjid blast of 2007, has been sent to judicial custody till November 30.Asimanand is suspected to have played a role in the Ajmer and Malegaon blast cases.The chargesheet filed by the Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad in the Ajmer blast case names him as the key con...
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Ajmer blast 'mastermind' arrested
In a major breakthrough, the CBI today arrested Swami Aseemanand from Haridwar, for the blasts in the Ajmer Dargah and Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid in 2007. Originally known as Jatin Chatterjee, the godman hails from Hoogly district in West Bengal, but was functioning from an Ashram in Gujarat's Dangs district for over a decade. Known for his militant ...
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RSS will fight terror tag: Mohan Bhagwat
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today alleged that there was a well-planned conspiracy to tag the saffron outfit as a terrorist organisation and said it will come out clean. "Dragging Sangh into an unnecessary controversy is not a new phenomenon and this time also it is being made a scapegoat by those who are feeling tizzy of losing their place in Del...
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Ajmer Blast Convict, Out On Bail, Gets Hero's Welcome In Gujarat Hometown
A convict in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case, in which three people were killed, was accorded a hero's welcome in Bharuch on Sunday by a large crowd, including members of the VHP, RSS and BJP, after being released on bail.
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Aseemanand, Samjhauta Blast Accused, To Walk Out Of Jail After 6 Years
Six years after his arrest for involvement in three bombings, Swami Aseemanand will soon walk out a free man. A Hyderabad court has granted bail to Aseemanand in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case that killed over a dozen people in the Telangana capital on the condition that does not step out of the city without the court's permission.
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Ajmer Blast Case: Quantum Of Punishment Likely On March 22
The special NIA court in Jaipur is likely to pronounce the quantum of sentence in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case on March 22 after it continued to hear arguments today on the sentencing of the two convicts. Defence counsel Jagdish Rana said the magistrate deferred the verdict and posted the matter for Wednesday.
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Witness Number 20 Turns Hostile in Ajmer Blast Case
One more witness in the Ajmer shrine blasts case, Ram Charan Patel turned hostile in a Jaipur court today, bringing the total number of hostile witnesses to 20, in a case in which the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charged right wing extremists including some Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) members for the blast which killed three people...
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Exclusive: After Malegaon, Ajmer Blast Case Faces Allegations of Sabotage
In a major blow to the National Investigating Agency's Ajmer blast trial, 13 crucial prosecution witnesses have now turned hostile and gone back on their testimonies.
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Charges framed against Aseemanand, 6 others in Ajmer blasts
A special NIA court in Jaipur framed murder charges against seven persons, including key accused Aseemanand, in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case.
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Ajmer blasts case: Aseemanand backtracks
Key accused in dargah blast case, Swami Aseemanand, who is currently in an Ajmer jail, has allegedly told his lawyer that he is being coerced by the CBI into turning approver.Aseemanand who had given a sealed envelope to the court a few weeks ago in his court appearance, asked for that sealed envelope not to be taken on record yet. The envelope, ac...
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Ajmer blast: Key accused names RSS leader Indresh Kumar
Bharat Bhai, a key accused in the Ajmer blast case who was arrested from Gujarat last week, has told the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) that RSS leader Indresh Kumar was the mastermind behind the murder of RSS functionary Sunil Joshi. In his confessional statement given to an Ajmer court, he said that RSS pracharak from Madhya Pradesh, Sunil ...
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BJP corporator arrested for Sunil Joshi murder
Less than three months after RSS man Harshad Solanki was charged with killing RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi, the Dewas police has now arrested BJP leader, Ram Charan Patel in connection with the murder. Ram Charan Patel is a BJP corporator from Dewas. Police say, Patel stole Sunil Joshi's cellphone right after his murder on December 29, 2007 and was al...
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In editorial, RSS questions Aseemanand confession
Raising questions over the role of investigating agencies, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said it found "intriguing" that only those persons arrested for alleged links to Hindu radicalism were "confessing" to terror acts, whereas convicted militants like Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru appeared to be more "tight-lipped" with them."...Intriguing t...
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Samjhauta blast: Swami Aseemanand sent to 14-day judicial custody
Swami Aseemanand, the main accused in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast, was today remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a court.The counsel for the right-wing Hindu group Abhinav Bharat member said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told the court that it does not require further custody of the accused as it has completed its investigation.H...
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Ajmer blast probe: Car used to ferry explosives found
Rajasthan's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) has reported making very major inroads into its investigations into the Ajmer blasts of 2007, recovering the vehicle that may have been used to transport the explosives. The car is a crucial link in the blast that shook the Ajmer Dargah. It's in this vehicle that Sunil Joshi, the RSS leader believed to be a kingp...
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Swami Asimanand sent to judicial custody
Swami Asimanand, who was arrested by the CBI yesterday for his alleged role in the Mecca masjid blast of 2007, has been sent to judicial custody till November 30.Asimanand is suspected to have played a role in the Ajmer and Malegaon blast cases.The chargesheet filed by the Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad in the Ajmer blast case names him as the key con...
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Ajmer blast 'mastermind' arrested
In a major breakthrough, the CBI today arrested Swami Aseemanand from Haridwar, for the blasts in the Ajmer Dargah and Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid in 2007. Originally known as Jatin Chatterjee, the godman hails from Hoogly district in West Bengal, but was functioning from an Ashram in Gujarat's Dangs district for over a decade. Known for his militant ...
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RSS will fight terror tag: Mohan Bhagwat
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today alleged that there was a well-planned conspiracy to tag the saffron outfit as a terrorist organisation and said it will come out clean. "Dragging Sangh into an unnecessary controversy is not a new phenomenon and this time also it is being made a scapegoat by those who are feeling tizzy of losing their place in Del...
