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CNN-IBN <http://ibnlive.in.com/news/agency/CNN-IBN/>* ** http://ibnlive.in.com/news/saffron-link-caught-on-camera-bjp-red-in-face/76769-3.html *<http://ibnlive.in.com/news/saffron-link-caught-on-camera-bjp-red-in-face/76769-3.html> *[image: PHOTO FINISH: MP CM S S Chouhan (L), Sadhvi Pragya (in saffron) and BJP president Rajnath Singh in this 2006 pic.]* New Delhi: In an embarrassing development for the Bhartiya Janata Party, pictures of a Sadhvi (Right Wing Hindu woman) – arrested for her role in the Malegaon blasts – are doing the rounds in Bhopal and Indore. *The photograph shows the Sadhvi Poornachetanand once known as Pragya Singh Thakur - with BJP leader and party president Rajnath Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. * The photograph was taken at the condolence meeting of state education minister Laxman Gaur in February 2006, the year that she took sanyas (retreating to ascetic way of life). Before becoming a Sadhvi, Pragya was an office bearer of the BJP's student wing and a member of Durga Vahini, women's wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. She is believed to be an acquaintance of Indore Mayor Uma Shashi Sharma and another firebrand sanyasi, BJP rebel Uma Bharti Pragya's spiritual guru is senior VHP leader Swami Avdheshanangiri. On Thursday, five people affiliated to the Hindu Jagran Manch – including the Sadhvi - were arrested in Indore and Surat by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad for their alleged involvement in the Malegaon and Modasa bomb blasts Her links to the motorcycles used in the Malegaon bomb blasts is being probed. The registration and the chassis numbers of the bike were removed with chemicals. However, investigators have succeeded in retrieving these. Preliminary investigations have revealed that all five suspects played a peripheral role in the blasts of September 29. Sadhvi's father Chandrapal Singh says he is confident that his daughter is not involved in the blast. He also says he won't object if his daughter is punished on being proved guilty. "If she has comitted the crime, then I will not be sad if she is punished," he said - Right-wing woman activist held for Malegaon blast<http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rightwing-woman-activist-held-for-malegaon-blast/76634-3.html> - Cycles and saffron: Cog in terror wheel<http://ibnlive.in.com/news/owner-of-bike-used-in-malegaon-blast-traced-to-nashik/74790-3.html> - Organic Saffron : Saffron bulbs ready to flower saffron powder, in threads<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=Bi8V2HCAESbmJDoK66wWTptXXDsbVrmT-m9L-AsCNtwHAmgwQARgBIJi1sxI4AFDguaqxBWCrzfOF8B6yAQ5pYm5saXZlLmluLmNvbcgBAdoBFmh0dHA6Ly9pYm5saXZlLmluLmNvbS-AAgGpAvtBn3cDhrU-yAL4270GqAMB6AOQBOgDTOgD6Qb1AwAAAAH1AwQAAACIBAGQBAGYBAA&num=1&adurl=http://www.safrandugatinais.fr/anglais-accueil.htm&client=ca-money_test_js> ** *'Hindu' angle to blasts lands BJP in a spot * 25 Oct 2008, 0151 hrs IST, Rajeev Deshpande, TNN http://timesofindia .indiatimes. com/India/ Hindu_angle_ to_blasts_ lands_BJP_ in_a_spot/ articleshow/ 3638659.cms<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Hindu_angle_to_blasts_lands_BJP_in_a_spot/articleshow/3638659.cms> NEW DELHI: The emergence of a "Hindu<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Hindu_angle_to_blasts_lands_BJP_in_a_spot/articleshow/3638659.cms#>" angle to the Modasa and Malegaon blasts has put BJP in a spot given its sustained campaign against jihadi [image: BJP in a spot] *Taste of Own Medicine* terrorism even though its leadership feels that none of those detained has an active link with any Sangh Parivar organisation. With reports of Indore-based Hindu Jagran Manch being connected with post-September 13 Delhi serial blasts appearing, BJP leadership did a quick check on the backgrounds and affiliations of those suspected to have had a hand in the attacks which took place in Muslim areas. The development was discussed by BJP leaders, including L K Advani and Rajnath Singh and some others, at Parliament House on Friday where it was felt that the particular sadhvi — Pragya and two associates — were not connected with the Sangh. But the sadhvi's previous links with ABVP in the late 90's were definitely cause for discomfort. The BJP leaders were left with little choice but to take the position that all acts of violence had to be condemned and if the role of the Manch was established, it would have to face the consequences. But there was clearly a sense of unease over the emergence of *"Hindu terror"* that gave BJP-baiters in Parliament a clear opportunity to have a go at the saffron party. *Why not recommend the use of POTA against the VHP-ABVP-RSS- Hindu Jagran Manch and all the other Hindu Mujahadeens ?* ** *Sadhvi was feared as a student leader * 26 Oct 2008, 0323 hrs IST, TNN http://timesofindia .indiatimes. com/India/ Sadhvi_was_ feared_as_ a_student_ leader/articlesh ow/3641672. cms<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sadhvi_was_feared_as_a_student_leader/articleshow/3641672.cms> BHOPAL: When the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) picked up a sanyasin from a village near Surat in connection with the September blasts in Malegaon and [image: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur] *Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. (TOI Photo)* Modasa, there were curious faces all around. The arrested sadhvi turned out to be Pragya Singh Thakur, a former resident of Gwalior and active ABVP leader till 1997. *Pragya, now 38, was a member of the state ABVP executive council* and worked with the organization in Ujjain and Indore. According to her father C P Singh Thakur, an ayurvedic doctor in Surat, she was a much-feared student leader in her college days in Madhya Pradesh. She would ride motorcycles and severely beat up roadside Romeos harassing girls. In 2001, the Singhs shifted to Surat. Pragya left ABVP after becoming a disciple of religious guru Avdeshanand Giri. She took sanyas during the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad in 2006. "We have no connection with her since she left the organisation. All we know is that Pragya resides in an ashram in Gujarat," says ABVP national general secretary Vishnu Dutt Sharma. Pragya was a fiery orator, says Sharma. But he finds it hard to believe that she could be connected to the blasts. "The Pragya we knew could not have gone that far," he said. According to the police<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sadhvi_was_feared_as_a_student_leader/articleshow/3641672.cms#>, Pragya had established an organisation called Jai Vande Mataram Jan Kalyan Samiti in 2002. She had taken the name Purnachetanand Giri after taking sanyas. The bike used in Malegaon was in Pragya Singh's name and efforts had been made to hide its ownership, police sources said. For instance, its registration number was bogus. But after a detailed investigation, the police found out about the ownership. Pragya is also known to Bharatiya Janshakti Party supremo Uma Bharati. On Saturday, Bharati said, *"She has been attached to both ABVP and Avdeshanand Giri. I do not believe any person who is attached to both ABVP and a religious guru like Avdeshanand Giri could be involved in blasts. I am certain this will become another Dara Singh case. Dara was a staunch Hindutva activist but he did not kill Graham Staines and his children. It was later proved that he was not involved."* *THE FACE OF HINDU TERROR* [image: img206/6964/sadhvichetanandxg6.jpg] *So NOT 'madrassas' breeds terrorists!!* *Sadhvi in jail for Malegaon blast* 25 Oct 2008, 0047 hrs IST, Mateen Hafeez & Santosh Sonawane http://timesofindia .indiatimes. com/Sadhvi_ in_jail_for_ Malegaon_ blast/articlesho w/3637596. cms<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sadhvi_in_jail_for_Malegaon_blast/articleshow/3637596.cms> MUMBAI/NASHIK: The Hindu face of terrorism has emerged with the arrest of three persons, including a woman, suspected to be behind the September 29 [image: Sadhvi in jail for Malegaon blast] New Face of Terror? Nashik police produce Pragya Singh Thakur in court on Friday bomb blast in Malegaon which killed six and injured 89 others. ( Watch ) TOI had reported their detention in its Friday edition. Maharashtra' s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday produced them before a Nashik court which remanded them to police custody till November 3. The three have been charged with murder, attempt to murder, unlawful assembly under the IPC and Section 16 (punishment for terror acts) and Section 18 (punishment for terror conspiracy) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, and several sections of the Explosives Act. The woman has been identified as Pragya Singh Thakur (38), a `sadhvi' (woman monk). According to ATS chief Hemant Karkare, the motorcycle in which the bomb was planted was traced to her. The other two arrested, Shamlal Bhavar Sahu (42) and Shivnarayan Singh (36), have been accused of plotting as well as planting the bomb at Bhikku Chowk in central Malegaon, just outside the sealed office of the banned outfit, the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Two more suspects — Dilip Nehar and Dharmendra Bajrangi — have also been detained by the ATS. Those arrested are reported to have given the names of their collaborators. An ATS team will soon go to MP to make more arrests. ``They (the suspects) were driven by their desire to retaliate against `jihadi' terrorism and to avenge the killings of Hindus,'' said a source in intelligence. Security agencies are alarmed by the clear evidence of the beginning of radicalisation of the majority community. This, they say, is the first instance of reverse terrorism resulting in killing. According to sources, Thakur, a resident of Gwalior, was a popular leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the BJP, till 1997. The ABVP, though, has denied the allegation. She quit the ABVP and took `sanyas' in January 2007 after becoming a disciple of religious guru Avdeshanand Giri. Thakur, who was in the state executive council of the ABVP, was known for her fiery speeches. ``In 2002, she had formed the Jai Vande Mataram Jan Kalyan Samiti. We have seized some pamphlets and are conducting investigations. She had also launched the Rashtriya Jagran Manch in Indore,'' Karkare said. Shivnaryan is an electrical contractor in Indore while Sahu runs a cell-phone repairing shop in Tukogunj in Madhya Pradesh. He is also a small-time property broker. Shivnarayan attends RSS `shakhas' and has a shop in the Bengali Chauraha area. According to the ATS, Thakur, Singh and Sahu are members of right-wing Hindu radical organisations. Karkare said that the motor bike used in Malegaon bomb blast belonged to Thakur who is now a sadhvi and regularly visited Surat to deliver ``religious lectures''. Thakur and Sahu had spoken to each other for 400 minutes on the cellphone over several days after the Malegaon blast, an ATS officer said. Shivnarayan and Sahu have been termed by the police as ``mechanical and electronics experts''. They are suspected to have assembled the bombs. ``We want to know who taught them bomb making and whether there is any training camp for such destructive activities,' ' said an officer. *SADVI, A Female Hindu Saint; The New Faces of Hindu Terrorism!* http://ibnlive. com <http://ibnlive.com/> *Mumbai:* A *sadhvi* (female saint) in her late 20's may not match the profile of a bomber. But the Maharashtra Police now claim to have cracked Malegaon blast case after arresting the *sadhvi* *Sadhvi* Purna Chetanand alias Pragya Singh Thakur, Shyam Bhavar Lal, and Shivnarayan Singh are the *new faces of terror*. The three have been arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad for their alleged involvement in the Malegaon blasts last month that left five people dead and several injured. "Pragya had set up an organisation named Jai Vande Matram Jankalyan Samiti," Joint Commissioner of Police (ATS) Hemant Karkare said. The police say *Sadhvi* Chetanand is a former office bearer of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), and a member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Durga Vahini, while Lal and Singh were affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. All three are allegedly linked to the Hindu Jagran Manch, an extremist group . Police say they traced the engine and chassis of the motorbike used in the blast to *Sadhvi* Chetanand. Originally from Bhind in Madhya Pradesh, the *Sadhvi* shifted with her father to Surat six years ago. Her father, an Ayurvedic doctor, says his daughter, has been affiliated with the ABVP since her school days, but insists she is innocent. "We oppose injustice and never do justice to anyone. Pragya is my brightest daughter," Dr Chandrapal Singh Thakur, father of Pragya, said. Lal and Singh were educated in mechanical and electrical engineering streams. Sources say a man named Ramnarayan Singh, the brother of Singh, is the master mind of the blasts. The Hindu Jagran Manch has, however, denied being involved in the blasts. "The Hindu Jagran Manch has never been involved in any blasts and anti-national activities. This is all a conspiracy," Radhe Shyam Yadav, State coordinator, Hindu Jagran Manch, said. But the big question is will there be a political backing for these agencies who are currently unravelling the fearful and upcoming face of *saffron terror in India.** * --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (evil) with what is better; then the enmity between him and you will become as if it were your friend and intimate! Visit: sultan.org Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Post to group: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
