NIA: ’Bomb ka badla bomb’ was Aseemanand’s only mantra

Agencies

New Delhi, 20 June 2011: Continued attacks on temples across the country led Swami Aseemanand to propound the ’bomb ka badla bomb’ theory which led to the bombing of Samjhauta Express train, the oldest rail-link between India and Pakistan, the chargesheet against him has noted.

 

The probe into the conspiracy of the explosion, which claimed 68 lives in 2007, brought out a deadly plot that was thought up by Aseemanand, who was ’quite upset’ with the terror strikes on temples like Akshardham in Gujarat, Raghunath Mandir in Jammu and Sankat Mochan in Varanasi.

 

 

This, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet, built up a feeling of “deep vengeance” against the minority community in the minds of Swami Aseemanand and four others named in the chargesheet of the NIA at a special court in Haryana’s Panchkula today.

 

“He (Aseemanand) used to ’give vent to’ his feelings during discussions with Sunil Joshi and his associates. Over a period of time, they developed a feeling of deep vengeance against not only the Jehadi terrorists but unfortunately against an entire minority community as such.