NIA court acquits Swami Aseemanand, convicts Sunil Joshi (dead), Devendra Gupta and Bhavesh Patel the 2007 Ajmer blast case. On October 11, 2007, during the month of Ramzan, a blast has rocked the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, killing three and injuring 17 people.

In February this year, Magistrate Dinesh Gupta had adjourned the hearing as the court needed more time to study all the documents submitted by the prosecution and the defence.

The Caravan magazine reported in February 2014 that Aseemanand has said that Bhagwat, then RSS general secretary, told him that the blasts should not be linked to the Sangh. “Aseemanand told The Caravan that Bhagwat said of the violence, ‘It is very important that it be done. But you should not link it to the Sangh’,” said a press release issued by the magazine on Wednesday.

RSS has denied the charge and questioned the veracity of the interview with Aseemanand, who is currently in Ambala Central Jail. “It is a rubbish and concocted interview,” said the RSS’s all-India publicity chief Manmohan Vaidya.

By Premji