Aide of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur arrested in Delhi
New Delhi, June 26: An alleged aide of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has been arrested by the Delhi police for his "involvement" in various attacks on religious places, police sources said.
Shailendra Chauhan (26) alias Uday Pratap Singh was arrested from Nandagiri area yesterday and was produced in a court today.
Various cases have been registered against him related to attack on churches and priests in and around the national capital last year and January this year.
They said Chauhan owes allegiance to an outfit named Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh.
The Special Cell, the anti-terror wing of the Delhi Police has taken the custody of Chauhan and he has disclosed his links with the Sadhvi, they claimed.
A case has been registered against Chauhan by the local police in October 2008 for vandalising a church in Sarita Vihar pocket-B where he broke the crosses placed in the church.
The Noida Police has also registered a case against him in January 2009 after he allegedly tried to kill the father of a church by thrusting a poison filled injection on him. He was booked for attempt to murder as the father survived the attack, sources said.
Sources said that Noida police has also registered a separate case against Chauhan for an attack on a church in Sector-27 last year.
Further interrogation will carry on and we are trying to ascertain his antecedents, they said.
We got a tip-off that Chauhan, who is wanted in other cases related to vandalism and arson was to meet one of his associates in Nandnagari area, following which the local police arrested him, sources added.
Bureau Report
Aide of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur arrested from national capital
New Delhi, June 26: An alleged aide of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has been arrested by the Delhi police for his "involvement" in various attacks on religious places, police sources said.
Shailendra Chauhan (26) alias Uday Pratap Singh was arrested from Nandagiri area yesterday and was produced in a court today.
Various cases have been registered against him related to attack on churches and priests in and around the national capital last year and January this year.
They said Chauhan owes allegiance to an outfit named Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh.
The Special Cell, the anti-terror wing of the Delhi Police has taken the custody of Chauhan and he has disclosed his links with the Sadhvi, they claimed.
A case has been registered against Chauhan by the local police in October 2008 for vandalising a church in Sarita Vihar pocket-B where he broke the crosses placed in the church.
The Noida Police has also registered a case against him in January 2009 after he allegedly tried to kill the father of a church by thrusting a poison filled injection on him. He was booked for attempt to murder as the father survived the attack, sources said.
Sources said that Noida police has also registered a separate case against Chauhan for an attack on a church in Sector-27 last year.
Further interrogation will carry on and we are trying to ascertain his antecedents, they said.
We got a tip-off that Chauhan, who is wanted in other cases related to vandalism and arson was to meet one of his associates in Nandnagari area, following which the local police arrested him, sources added.
Bureau Report
Aide of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur arrested from national capital