Mumbai: Maharashtra ATS has arrested a key accused in the Madgaon blast case. The arrested man has been identified as Prashant Juvekar of the Sanatan Sanstha and he is accused of conspiracy and training people to carry out the attack. Juvekar was arrested at the Bhusawal railway station of Maharashtra on July 31.
"We arrested Prashant Juvekar outside Bhusawal station at around 9:45 PM on July 31. He is a conspirator in the blast," said Maharashtra ATS chief Rakesh Maria.
Police also claim to have recovered a 7.65 mm pistol from him. Juvekar was produced in a Nashik court on Monday that sent him on police remand till August 3.
He had so far evaded the police and was one of the four absconding accused in Madgaon blast case.
A scooter planted with explosives exploded killing its two occupants. Both the victims - Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik - belonged to Sanatan Sanstha.
The investigation into the case was handed over to the NIA, which filed a chargesheet on May 17, 2010 and named 11 accused in it.
Five Santahan Sanstha activists were arrested earlier, in connection with the blast that took place on October 16, 2009.
With the arrest of Juvekar now six of the 11 accused have been arrested. Two of the accused are dead and three are still absconding. Those arrested earlier in the case include Vinayak Patil, Dhananjay Ashtekar, Prashant Ashtekar, Dilip Mandgaonkar and Vinay Talekar.
Those absconding are Jaypraksh alias Anna, Saran Akolkar and Rudra Patil.
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