A day after the NIA dropped all charges against Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and five others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the AAP has raised doubts over credibility of investigative agency and accused the BJP led central government of trying to save the RSS members.
“Ever since BJP has come to power it has made several attempts at saving terror accused belonging to radical Hindu organisations such as RSS and its cadres,” AAP leader Ashish Khetan said.
The party also attacked NIA and BJP for questioning the role of slain Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who was heading the agency when it arrested Sadhvi Pragya and Col Shrikant Purohit, and asked it to apologise for raising doubts over his investigation.
He added that it was shameful for the country and the NIA must apologise for it.
Khetan also alleged that when the Mecca Masjid blast case was transferred to NIA from CBI, the latter in its internal report had mentioned that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) cadres and its top leaders were involved in terror activities and that it must be probed.
“The CBI had suggested to take action against some RSS leaders. It was also supposed to arrest RSS leader Indresh Kumar but the case was transferred. The NIA has slowly weakened terror cases against radical Hindu leaders,” Khetan said.
The NIA on Friday gave a clean chit to Malegaon blast key accused Sadhvi and five others, paving the way for their early release from prison.
