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Dwivedi in ATS custody
getting murkier: Malegaon blast suspect Sudhakar Dwivedi being brought out of the Uttar Pradesh ATS headquarters in Lucknow on Thursday.
LUCKNOW: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mumbai, on Thursday secured the transit remand for Sudhakar Dwivedi, alias Amritanand, a suspect in the Malegaon bomb blast case of September, 2008. The remand till November 16 was granted by Mukesh Kumar, Civil Judge, Junior Division, Lucknow.
His name had earlier been disclosed as Dayanand Pandey but, following calls from the DGP’s office late on Wednesday night, it was given as Sudhakar Dwivedi, son of Dayanand Dwivedi. He had taken the name Amritanand and become the Peethadheeshwar of the Sharda Sarvagya Peeth in Jammu.
Dwivedi was picked up by the Mumbai ATS from the residence of his brother, Pushkar Dwivedi, at Rawatpur village in Kanpur on Wednesday. He is to be taken to Mumbai for further interrogation.
Dwivedi was brought to Lucknow on Wednesday night and was subjected to a detailed interrogation. Details of the closed-door interrogation were not known, but sources said the ATS was looking into his contacts with some Hindu organisation leaders of Central Uttar Pradesh. His name surfaced after the ATS team, conducting the investigation into the Malegaon blasts and the alleged involvement of a retired Lieutenant-Colonel, found that he was in touch with Sadhvi Pragnya Singh, another accused in the case, the sources said.
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