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Purohit is currently based in Mumbai, but has already reported to the Southern Command Liaison Unit based in Pune, sources said.

Rajasthan ATS got wind of the Ajmer blast conspirators while interrogating Malegaon blast accused Lt col shrikant purohit and Swami Dayanand Pandey in Mumbai last year.

Congress steered clear of the bail to Malegaon serial blast accused Lt col shrikant purohit by calling it part of the judicial process but accused the Centre of turning investigating agencies into pliable units by promoting ad hocism in their leadership.

A report confirmed that Purohit had briefed his superiors in the Army about details of the three ‘Abhinav Bharat’ meetings that he had attended in January 2008.

The Yerawada police have booked an unidentified man for allegedly sending a smartphone through a parcelled book to Malegaon bomb blast accused Ramesh Upadhyay in Yerawada prison on Friday.

In a major setback for the anti-terrorism squad, a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court refused to grant it custody of key accused in the Malegaon blast case.

Purohit would exercise, read, maintain a diary and keep to himself. “I followed a strict regimen. After an hour’s morning walk, I would do weight training for 90 minutes,” he said.

With some Hindu priests being linked to terrorism, RSS, VHP and BJP held a conclave in a Haryana town, denouncing "UPA's vilification campaign" to "malign" Hindutva.

The home ministry has turned down Maharashtra government's plea to ban Abhinav Bharat, the radical Hindutva outfit named in several cases of saffron terror, on grounds of insufficient evidence of its continuing "terror activities" over the last two to three years.

The Bombay high court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by Lt col shrikant purohit, one of the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, against the trial court's order refusing him bail. A two-judge division bench asked Purohit to approach the trial court with a fresh bail plea.

Mumbai, June 9 () The Bombay High Court today dismissed an appeal filed by Lt col shrikant purohit, one of the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, against the trial court's order refusing him bail.

The mood at special MCOCA court was sombre where Dayanand Pandey, an accused in high-profile Malegaon case, was produced and sent to judicial custody till December 12.

If former close aides of Swami Aseemanand, who had worked with him during the construction of Shabridham temple and in organising the Shabri Kumbh, are to be believed, the funds meant for the fair and the temple might have been used to finance the terror plots in the country.

The first serving Army officer to be arrested on terror charges, Malegaon blast accused Lt col shrikant purohit has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi claiming that the almost six-year-old case against him was “fabricated” by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).

The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court at Panchkula on Friday examined five witnesses in connection with the Samjhauta Express blast case.

The Congress demanded removal of the NIA chief and suggested that the Supreme Court monitor "Hindu terror" cases being handled by agency as many witnesses in cases like the Samjhauta Express blasts, Ajmer blast and Malegaon blast have turned hostile since the Modi government came into power.

Two key accused in the Malegoan blast case, Lt col shrikant purohit and Ajay Rahirkar filed a bail application in the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Bombay High Court order permitting custodial interrogation of Malegaon blast accused Lt col shrikant purohit by NIA.

The CBI has reopened investigations into the 2006 Nanded blast, which is being seen as a key indicator of a Hindutva group's involvement in terror activities.

The Union Home Ministry has turned down the Maharashtra government’s plea to ban Abhinav Bharat, the radical Hindutva outfit linked to saffron terror, on grounds of insufficient evidence of its “terror activities” over the last two-three years.

A Maharashtra ATS team on Wednesday reached UP to question "high-profile" suspects in Malegaon case.

Defence minister Antony has rejected Pak's suggestions that India hand over Lt Col Purohit, also accused in the Malegaon blast, in connection with the Samjhauta case.

Seeking bail in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, Lt col shrikant purohit told the Supreme Court he was caught in a "political crossfire" and was falsely implicated. However, the NIA opposed his plea, accusing him of running Abhinav Bharat, an outfit promoting fundamentalism, unlawful activities.

Army has placed Lt Col Purohit under a Discipline-Vigilance Ban that would ensure he gets no promotions or new postings and also relieved him of current responsibilities.

Former J&K governor Lt Gen S K Sinha said he did not know Pandey and demanded that the allegations be withdrawn or else he would press for legal action against the PDP and NC leaders.