A CBI team is likely to question Ajmer blast suspects again, arrested by Rajasthan ATS, following fresh leads that have emerged after recent interrogation of Malegaon accused by the agency officials.
A CBI team, which is probing the Mecca Masjid bombing of May 2007, recently interrogated 11 Malegaon blast accused lodged in the Nashik central jail.
Sources revealed that the interrogation of the Malegaon blast accused has provided certain leads to the investigating officials on the basis of which the Central Bureau of Investigation intends to question Ajmer blast suspects again. Devendra Gupta, Chandrashekhar Patidar and Vishnu Patidar were arrested by Rajasthan ATS in connection with Ajmer and Mecca Masjid blasts.
Sources further said, “The agency officials are also expected to ask questions related to the cellphone conversations between Ramaji Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange, the absconding accused in the Malegaon case, and one Chhapari, who has been arrested for the Mecca Masjid bombings, from the Ajmer blast suspects”.
The three suspects had already been questioned by the agency officials earlier, but officials want to question them again.
“CBI officials are also in touch with Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh police to find out the whereabouts of Swami Asimanand, a suspect in the Malegaon and Ajmer blasts. Inputs with the Central agencies reveal that Swami might be hiding either in Maharashtra or MP. Central agencies are also in touch with Karnataka police as unconfirmed reports suggest that Swami might have taken shelter in the state,” sources said. If required, a team of CBI officials will again visit MP in this regard, sources added.
Swami Asimanand ran an ashram in the Dang tribal region of Gujarat and has emerged as the prime suspect in the 2007 Ajmer blast case too.