The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will seek the remand of Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit, arrested in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blasts, as it believes that he can help them nail RSS leader Indresh Kumar regarding his alleged involvement in terror cases. The NIA is dwelling on the statement of Aseemanand before the magistrate in which he had mentioned the role of Indresh in the blasts. In his statement before the magistrate, Aseemanand had said, “Purohit once told me that Indresh is an ISI agent and he also has documents related to the same with him. However, Purohit never showed me those documents.” The agency wants to question Purohit on the role of Indresh since it believes that as an intelligence officer, Purohit might be holding information about Indresh’s involvement.
“The role of Indresh is being probed, but we need evidence to corroborate and question him. We have gathered technical details about his movements. We need to establish his active role other than his financing the terror modules,” said a NIA official.