"ONE OF the most baffling aspects of the 2008 Malegaon blasts probe was the cropping up of the name of the Bhonsala Military School. The Nashik-based military academy was started by Hindu Mahasabha founder Dr BS Moonje. The chargesheet filed by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in 2009 cited several witnesses from the school who had confirmed that the main accused in the blasts case had indeed been teaching at the school. One of the main accused was Lt Col Srikant Purohit, who had provided training sessions at the school... The aim of the school itself makes for a startling read.
'The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Gujarat government for initiating a probe against social activist Teesta Setalvad for her alleged role in a case of illegal exhumation of the bodies of the 2002 riot victims, saying it is a "spurious" case to victimise her. "This is a hundred percent spurious case to victimise the petitioner (Setalvad)," said a bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai.
"More than two years ago, 7-year-old Yogita Thakre was found dead in a car in the compound of the home where BJP politician Nitin Gadkari lives. Toral Varia Deshpande traveled to Nagpur to uncover the mystery surrounding the child's death, a case whose investigation was severely criticised by the courts recently.
"The Cantonment police on Saturday detained seven members of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, for disrupting a lecture by human rights activist Binayak Sen at the Azam Campus assembly hall in Pune Cantonment. The ABVP members were detained for shouting slogans against Sen saying that "he is a leader of naxalites and should be sent back," said senior police inspector Sushama Chavan, in charge of the Cantonment police station.
'A Mumbai court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the 2008 Thane and Vashi bomb blasts. The duo Ramesh Gadkari and Vikram Bhave were also slapped with a fine of Rs. 11,000 each for their role in the blasts in two theatres and a cinema hall in Thane, Vashi and Panvel in mid-2008. Sessions Judge NV Nhavkar had on Monday found them guilty in the case while acquitting four others for lack of evidence...
"Earlier this year, Gujarat Congress had submitted to the Governor Dr Kamla and the president a detailed list of '17 scams' that had allegedly taken place under the Modi government. It demanded probe by an independent agency. Last week, when it was getting apparent that a Lok Ayukta for the state was close, the state government set up an enquiry commission to be headed by retired Justice MB Shah. The following is the list of alleged scams submitted by the Congress to the Gujarat governor and the president..."
Modi speaks to an RSS gathering at some length about his admiration for the RSS. He speaks in particular of his admiration for the way that individuals single-mindedly pursue RSS goals over a period of decades, and are proud of their length of service in the Sangh.
"Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) cadres on Friday ransacked a missionary school at Dumka, demanding that it be shut to show solidarity with Anna Hazare's fast, while their counterparts in Ranchi observed a day-long educational strike, taking out bike rallies and asking students to join them. Around 12 ABVP workers barged inside St Joseph's School around 10am and entered into a heated argument with school Principal Piyush Marandi, ordering him to shut the institute. When the principal refused, ABVP cadres broke chairs and tables in his office.
"Legal experts in Gujarat are shocked over the State Government's claim of having destroyed certain documents related to the 2002 communal riots. “It cannot be a standard procedure. You cannot destroy the relevant documents when the G.T. Nanavati-Akshay Mehta Judicial Enquiry Commission probing the Godhra train carnage and the post-Godhra communal riots in the State is yet to submit its final report,” said advocate Mukul Sinha who represents the riot victims before the Commission.
"Telephone records and logbooks with details of movement of vehicles and intelligence bureau officers during the 2002 riots were destroyed in 2007, the Gujarat government said today. S.B. Vakil, the government counsel before the Nanavati Commission probing the riots, said that according to government rules, records are destroyed after five years. “As per general government rules, the telephone call records, vehicle logbook and the officers’ movement diary are destroyed after a certain period,” Vakil said.
