Indore, December 19: A saffron terrorist reportedly involved in Malegaon, Samjhauta and other blasts, has been nabbed by Satna police and handed over to the NIA.
The terror accused identified as Ram Lakhan Maharaj alias Dhan Singh alias Swami, a resident of Hatod (Indore) was arrested from a village under Naya Gaon police station area in Satna district on Monday.
This is the second arrest in Samjhauta Express blast case in three days. Earlier, on Saturday, the NIA had nabbed another terrorist Rajender Chaudhary alias Samundar from Nagda in Ujjain.
He is an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast. Sources said that he was arrested from Kamta village where he was living as a priest for last one-and-half years.
The NIA will now figure out all connections of Singh with the Hindutva terror outfits and the blasts. Singh allegedly played an important role in the 2008 Malegaon blast.
Notably, the NIA had declared an award of Rs. 5 lakh on him. Sources said that Dhan was hiding at Omkareshwar and Dewas since his name figured in the case.
Satna police had some information about the hideout of Singh, who was living in a rented accommodation at Kamta village as a priest for the last three months. The police has arrested Singh and handed over to the investigating agency. The team of SDOP Naya Gaon Shivesh Singh Baghel picked him from his hut at around 3 pm on Monday. Later at around 5 pm, five NIA officials reached the district and the accused was handed over to them.
NIA believes that the connection of Singh was with right-wing Hindu outfits, including the 2006 and 2008 Malegaon blasts, Samjhauta train blasts, Ajmer (Rajasthan) and some other incidents.
According to sources, Singh was a close associate of Sunil Joshi, who was the mastermind behind Samjhauta Express blast occurred in 2007.
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