Mumbai: Sudhakar Chaturvedi, one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, today claimed that investigators had tried to "frame" Yogi Adityanath, the then BJP MP and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, along with and other leaders.
Sudakar Chaturvedi, currently on bail, also alleged that Hindu activists were falsely implicated in the case by the erstwhile Congress-NCP government in a bid to prove the "theory of saffron terror" and for minority appeasement.
"During my questioning, I was asked questions related to my affiliation with the RSS and its chief Mohan Bhagwat. There were specific questions about Yogi Adityanath. They tried to frame him through me," Sudhakr claimed at a press conference in Mumbai.
He and another accused Sudhakar Dwivedi alias Shankaracharya were granted bail by a special NIA court last month. Chaturvedi and others have been accused of attending conspiracy meetings where the terror attack was planned.
"When I was arrested, the Congress-led UPA government, also comprising the NCP, was in power. We were falsely implicated to appease Muslim voters in a bid to prove the theory of saffron terror," Chaturvedi said.
While the Sadhvi, accused of plotting the blast, was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in April this year, the Supreme Court granted relief to Purohit in August.
Chaturvedi said he suspected that an attempt was being made to "save" fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar, arrested by the Thane Police in an extortion case.
Sudakar Chaturvedi, currently on bail, also alleged that Hindu activists were falsely implicated in the case by the erstwhile Congress-NCP government in a bid to prove the "theory of saffron terror" and for minority appeasement.
"During my questioning, I was asked questions related to my affiliation with the RSS and its chief Mohan Bhagwat. There were specific questions about Yogi Adityanath. They tried to frame him through me," Sudhakr claimed at a press conference in Mumbai.
He and another accused Sudhakar Dwivedi alias Shankaracharya were granted bail by a special NIA court last month. Chaturvedi and others have been accused of attending conspiracy meetings where the terror attack was planned.
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"When I was arrested, the Congress-led UPA government, also comprising the NCP, was in power. We were falsely implicated to appease Muslim voters in a bid to prove the theory of saffron terror," Chaturvedi said.
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While the Sadhvi, accused of plotting the blast, was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in April this year, the Supreme Court granted relief to Purohit in August.
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Chaturvedi said he suspected that an attempt was being made to "save" fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar, arrested by the Thane Police in an extortion case.
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