The sadhvi was arrested after the ATS found that the two-wheeler used in the Malegaon blast belonged to her.
The sadhvi denied any link in the blast and added that she had sold her vehicle in 2004. She said in an affidavit that she had sold the vehicle to Joshi as she hardly used it. However, Joshi failed to transfer the vehicle into his name and hence it was not her fault if the vehicle was used in the blasts.
Pandey further states in his narco-test that Pragya, also known as sadhvi Purnachetnagiri, had approached him and sought his help to strike against SIMI members. He said according to Pragya, SIMI had allegedly killed her 'boyfriend' Joshi in Indore.
He said Pragya was extremely furious and wanted to eliminate members of the SIMI somehow. It was following this that the Malegaon blast was executed in September 2008 in which six persons were killed.
Image: Muslims sit in a doorway of a shuttered shop in Malegaon.
Photograph: Sebastian D'Souza/AFP/Getty Images
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