No proof of Mutalik role in Malegaon blast so far: ATS

Mateen Hafeez / TNN / Feb 12, 2009, 02:38 IST

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The ATS on Wednesday said it had not found any involvement of Sri Ram Sene (SRS) chief Pramod Mutalik in the Malegaon blast case so far.

No proof of Mutalik role in Malegaon blast so far: ATS

MUMBAI: The ATS on Wednesday said it had not found any involvement of Sri Ram Sene (SRS) chief Pramod Mutalik in the Malegaon blast case so far. The agency had questioned Mutalik in Karnataka on January 30.
Mutalik was first arrested on January 28 for inciting a group of youths who attacked women sitting in a pub at Mangalore. A news channel then aired a speech delivered by Mutalik where he spoke about the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast.Mutalik was shown saying "Malegaon is just a glimpse of what we can do.''
"We have scrutinised his statement and not found anything to link it with the Malegaon blast case so far. However, if Mutalik's links emerge in the future, action will be taken against him,'' said ATS additional commissioner Param Bir Singh.
The ATS is looking for one Pravin Mutalik in the Malegaon case. Pravin is suspected to have planted the bomb in Malegaon on September 29.
mateen.hafeez@timesgroup.com

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Mateen Hafeez

Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.

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