Talking to reporters, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani said on Friday that if the controversial Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is found guilty, she should be punished.

Advani went on to say that she has nothing to do with the BJP and if any one from any Sangh outfit found guilty of any crime that person should be brought to book.

But earlier, party president Rajnath Singh stuck to his new line on Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur that “an Arushi-like case was being built up around her”, and that “those believing in cultural nationalism cannot ever take to terror”.

The BJP president in an interview with 'The Indian Express' on Wednesday had said that investigating agencies had not found any evidence against the former ABVP activist — alleged to have a hand in the Malegaon blasts — “a reason why they were insisting on a narco-test”.

Sadhvi to undergo psychological tests in Mumbai

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday took Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blast case, to the forensic science laboratory in Mumbai where she will undergo brain-mapping and polygraph tests.

Pragya will undergo brain-mapping, polygraph and lie detector tests at Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in suburban Santa Cruz, ATS Director Rukmani Krishnamurthy said.

The Nashik Court had permitted the ATS to conduct these psychological tests on Sadhvi.

Meanwhile, Pragya's brother-in-law Bhagwan Jha has alleged that ATS officials physically tortured her and is planning to approach the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in this regard.

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