The proactive role of the ATS in the post-Varanasi blast alert had helped them net the two suspects. The two were whisked away by intelligence agencies after being detained by ATS cops. A kin of one of the men reportedly works with Dehradun police.
Indresh Kumar's name had cropped up in connection with the Ajmer blast in 2007. An RSS functionary, Kumar is considered a dynamic leader of his group, and the magazine carried his interview. The suspects, TOI has learnt through sources, were unable to come up with any concrete replies regarding the recently published magazine. They claimed to have purchased it at Bhusawal. One of the suspects claimed he wanted to use the magazine as a reference while teaching at a madrasa for girls in his village.
The men were grilled by various security agencies in turns. The cops could not find anything incriminating against the duo during the interrogation. So they were allowed to go, after the cops ensured that their addresses, contact details, photographs and personal effects were retained for further enquiries.
The ATS cops are still suspicious since the two men claimed they were staying at a mosque in Momimpura for a week. However, the cops could not trace any record of the two at the places where they were sheltered. The duo had also visited several sensitive locations like Jaffer Nagar, Gaddigodam, Ehbab colony, Chhaoni.
The men claimed that to have come down to the city to collect zakat or donations, after visiting a number of places across India, including Gujarat, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. Interestingly, police said that the men did not send any money to the mosque for whose benefit they were supposed to collect zakat. Instead, the duo had been regularly sending money to the private bank account of a family member. "We are trying to collect more details about the two," said a senior ATS officer.
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