Controversy breaks out in Maharashtra after ex-policeman claims he was asked to pick up Mohan Bhagwat over 2008 Malegaon blast case

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. File

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A day after a special court acquitted all the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, a former policeman who had worked with Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) claimed that he was asked to pick up RSS Sarsanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat for ‘saffron terror’, sparking a political controversy in the State.Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claimed that there was a botched effort by the Congress to implicate several RSS and right-wing leaders on trumped-up charges of ‘saffron terror’ as a part of vote-bank politics. Published - August 01, 2025 09:07 pm IST