ATS wants Sadhvi & Lt Col back, Court denies custody

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Posted: Tuesday , Nov 25, 2008 at 1855 hrs IST Mumbai, November 24:

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, accused in the Malegaon blast case, on way to court.

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The MCOCA court today rejected a plea by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for the custody of Sadhvi Pragyasingh Thakur, Abhinav Bharat treasurer Ajay Rahirkar and Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit after they accused the ATS of torturing them and their lawyers argued there were no new grounds to seek their custody.

Special MCOCA Judge Y D Shinde remanded the three as well as four others — accused in the September 29 Malegaon blast case — to judicial custody until December 3 and said the court would decide tomorrow if the torture allegations need to be investigated.

Of the 11 arrested so far, only Mahant Dayanand Pandey and Sudhakar Chaturvedi are in ATS custody, the rest in judicial custody.

Seven of them were produced in the court today. Seeking police custody of Purohit, Rahirkar and the sadhvi, Special Public Prosecutor Rohini Salian said that they were needed to be further questioned on the “sinister design of Abhinav Bharat, which appears to be instrumental in promoting, advocating and inciting unlawful and terrorist activities.”

The ATS also needed to know the source of the explosives used in the blast and if it was funded through hawala channels, she added.

Thakur’s lawyer Ganesh Sovani, however, rejected the allegations and said the sadhvi’s role was limited to the fact that a motorcycle she once owned had been used in the attack. She had no control over its use after it had been sold and the ATS had no other evidence to link her to the attack, he claimed. While Purohit’s lawyer, Shrikant Shivade, said that the ATS was seeking his custody only to torture him and extract a confession, Rahirkar’s lawyer, Nitin Apte, said all material the ATS needed from Rahirkar had already been seized.

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Malegaon blast By: S Chandra | 26-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Politics should not interfere into this types issues. Doing crime is not so easy,because they plan to hide before it happen. Like this its not so easy to identify (catch) such criminals(Terrorist), ATS should be given some indepence, not such political pressure. There should be a single voice of all Indians to these activities. Ultimately a Terrorist never be a Hindu or Muslim or Christian and these activities never belongs to a religion, but only belongs to terrorists.

NHRC lost credibilityBy: Ashutosh | 25-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward ATS lost credibility long back when it started telling lies under the direction of polical bosses. I had lot of regards for NHRC. But now they have also lost credibility and moral authority. They have acted like stooges of Cong. Secularism and impartiality gone with the wind. NHRC shame on you. You could not even investigate an allegation by a lady and succumbed to petty politics ? Chee! Chaa!

What does ATS stand for?By: Satya | 25-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward 'ARREST, TORTURE AND SENSATIONALIZE'

This is badBy: M.N.S.Nampoothiripad | 25-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward An enitire battalion from Pallippuram rushed to the police station to rescue an army man picked up by the Thiruvanamthapuram police for alleged misbehaviour after consuming liquor. The police station was smashed and the service person rescued in no time. Now decorated army officer is treated in such a crude manner by the ATS of Maharashtra police and ruling party and 24x7 channels are celebrating the selective leaks. This is harmful to India.

ATS wants Sadhvi By: N.Ramanathan | 25-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward The whole ATS actions and the inquiry is for vote bank politics of congress. Once the elections are over and the results are out, the whole thing will take a back seat. Further probe will be dependent on election results and actions will start prior to Loksabha poles. If Cong. looses miserably, then it will be concluded as Hindu Back lash and every thing will be swept below the carpet. If Cong. wins majority of states, then it will be termed as "victory for secular forces" and further probe will be carried out and "results will be declared" prior to Loksabha elections. So let us have this tamasha until assembly elections are over. Till then enjoy the congress definition of "Hindu Terror" . I don't understand why Religion gets so much importance during election time?.I too don.'t understand when "MCOCA" is acceptable, why not "POTA" or allow all states to enact a law on similar lines of "MCOCA" and apply uniformly throughout the country.