Malegaon probe: 5 accused to be produced in court again

Five out of nine accused, arrested so far by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in connection with Malegaon blasts case, will be produced again in a local court. The police remand of the five accused ends on November 10.

Five out of nine accused, arrested so far by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in connection with Malegaon blasts case, will be produced again in a local court.

Maj (Retd) Ramesh Shivji Upadhyay, Sameer Kulkarni, a member of Abhinav Bharat, Ajay Eknath Rahirkar, Treasurer of Abhinav Bharat, Rakesh Dattatreya Dhawde and Jagdish Chintaman Mhatre will be produced in a Nashik court tomorrow, sources said. The police remand of the five accused ends on November 10.

According to public prosecutor Ajay, Upadhyay is settled in Pune and allegedly helped in transporting explosives in Malegaon.

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Upadhyay also had been in contact with Lt Col P S Purohit, who is now in ATS custody.

Upadhyay allegedly attended Abhinav Bharat organisation meeting held at city’s Bhonsala Military school, where conspiracy of Malegaon blast was allegedly hatched.

Sameer Kulkarni was also present at September 16 meeting held at Nashik.

Police recovered arms from Ajay Rahirkar, allegedly provided by in service Lt Col P S Purohit, Misar said.