ATS has video of accused plotting Malegaon blast

The Anti Terrorism Squad on Wednesday told the MCOCA court hearing the case into the September 2008 Malegaon blast that it has video recordings of a meeting in which the blast accused were present.

The video shows religious leader Dayanand Pandey, army officer Lt Col Prasad Purohit and sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur holding a meeting prior to the Malegaon blast, the ATS told the court.

In the video, the blast accused are heard talking about chemicals, hand grenades and detonators on video, the ATS said.

Meanwhile, the court remanded self-styled religious leader Dayanand Pandey to police custody till December 1.