Former inspector general of police S.M. Mushrif has made a sensational allegation against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) calling them the biggest terrorist organisations of the country, which in connivance with the local police, plotted the implication of innocent Muslim youth in the Malegaon bomb blast case.
He was speaking at the inaugural function of the 26th state convention of the All India Backward (SC, ST, OBC) And Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) in Pune on Saturday.
“Until now, office bearers and activists of the RSS were found involved in around 17 bomb blast cases that occurred in several cities of the country. It is being revealed that they were involved in the Hyderabad bomb blast case too,” Mr Mushrif claimed. He went on to say that innocent Muslims were being framed by these organisations in collusion with the local police.
The former IPS officer was in a major controversy pertaining to the death of former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, who was killed in the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.
In his book Who Killed Karkare-The Real Face of Terrorism, Mr Mushrif had blamed some right-wing groups of being the masterminds behind Karkare’s murder, alleging that keeping him alive would have invited more probes into the right-wing terror.
In December 2010, the Bombay high court had also sought a reply from the state government on whether it had investigated the issues raised in Mr Mushrif’s book. The division bench of Justice B.H. Marlapalle and Justice U.D. Salvi had observed that the issues raised in the book were relevant and that Mr Mushrif “as a citizen has a right to air his views.”
Former Bihar MLA Radhakant Yadav and another Jyoti Bedekar in their petitions had also alleged that ATS chief Hemant Karkare’s death was orchestrated by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) personnel and members of the “right-wing terrorist outfit” Abhinav Bharat.