Home Ministry releases list of 10 militants linked to Hindu fundamentalist outfits
New Delhi, Jan 25: Even as the ongoing spat between the BJP and the Congress over Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's alleged remark that the BJP and the RSS were promoting saffron terror in the
6. Swami Asimanand
Accused in Samjhauta Express blast, Mecca Masjid blast and Dargah Sharif blast.
He reportedly worked with Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra in Andaman and Nicobar and Dang (Gujarat) from mid-1990s to 2007.
Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra is a front organisation of RSS. He has been arrested.
The others named by the home department as "Hindu terrorists" were Rajendra Chaudhary alias Samundar (accused in Samjhauta blast), Mukesh Vasnani (RSS worker in Godhra in 2000; arrested for Ajmer blast), Chandrashekhar Leve (RSS pracharak in Shahjahanpur) and Kamal Chauhan.
Accused in Samjhauta Express blast, Mecca Masjid blast and Dargah Sharif blast.
He reportedly worked with Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra in Andaman and Nicobar and Dang (Gujarat) from mid-1990s to 2007.
Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra is a front organisation of RSS. He has been arrested.
The others named by the home department as "Hindu terrorists" were Rajendra Chaudhary alias Samundar (accused in Samjhauta blast), Mukesh Vasnani (RSS worker in Godhra in 2000; arrested for Ajmer blast), Chandrashekhar Leve (RSS pracharak in Shahjahanpur) and Kamal Chauhan.