THE RADICAL BUNCH
The men who played crucial roles in Hindutva terror
INDRESH KUMAR, an RSS central committee member, accused of mentoring
and financing the RSS pracharaks behind Malegaon, Samjhauta, Ajmer and
Mecca Masjid terror strikes.
SWAMI ASIMANANDA, the head of the
Shabri Dham in Dangs, Gujarat. He allegedly selected Malgeaon, Ajmer
Sharif and Hyderabad as terror targets.
SUNIL JOSHI, a former
RSS E pracharak of Mhow district. Along with Hindu radicals from Madhya
Pradesh, Gujarat and, Rajasthan, he formed an inter-state terror
infrastructure.
SANDEEP DANGE, a senior RSS pracharak from
Shajapur district near Indore. Along with Joshi and Ramchandra
Kalsangra, he was a key figure in the Hindutva terror conspiracy.
RAM CHANDRA KALSANGRA ALIAS RAMJI, an RSS pracharak from Madhya
Pradesh. He carried out a series of terror strikes between December 2002
and 2008.
SHIVAM DHAKHAD, an RSS activist. He allegedly took
training in bomb-making in 2005. He also did a reconnaissance of Aligarh
Muslim University and residence of Justice UC Banerjee.
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SHRIKANT PUROHIT,a founding member of terror outfit Abhinav Bharat. He
is accused of supplying RDX for the 2008 Malegaon blasts.
DEVENDRA GUPTA, the RSS vibhag pracharak of Muzaffarnagar, Bihar. He
provided logistics and safe havens to Joshi, Kalsangra and Dange for
terror strikes.
LOKESH SHARMA, an RSS worker and associate of
Joshi, Dange and Kalsangra. He bought the two Nokia handsets used in the
bombs at Mecca Masjid and Ajmer.
BHARAT RATESWAR , a Hindu
radical from Valsad in Gujarat. He participated in terror meetings held
in Gujarat. He also travelled to Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh providing
logistics for the blasts.
YOGI ADITYANATH, BJP MP from
Gorakhpur. He was contacted by Asimananda to provide funds for terrorist
activities. Joshi held a hush-hush meeting with him at his residence.
DR ASHOK VARSHNAY, RSS prant pracharak of Kanpur. He sheltered key
terror accused and RSS pracharak Devendra Gupta at Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram
in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.
RAJESH MISHRA, an RSS activist and
owner of a foundry in Pithampura, near Mhow. He gave 15 cast iron shells
in 2001 to Joshi, who used them for blasts.
SUDHAKAR DHAR
DWIVEDI ALIAS DAYANAND PANDEY, he ran an ashram in Jammu. He played the
role of an ideologue to those involved in the 2008 Malegaon blasts.
