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MCOCA. (Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act) for the alleged crime of having. Malegaon bomb blasts on 2. September 2. 00. 8. It had led to seven. more. Malegaon is a communally sensitive textile.Nashik district of Maharashtra. As. per 2. 01. 1 Census, the population of Malegaon is 4. Muslims comprise. By all accounts, it has been a communally charged and divided town for. The. investigation of these blasts was initially handled by the Maharashtra ATS (Anti- Terrorism. Squad). This notorious agency officially announced the arrest of Purohit on 5. November 2. 00. 8 but he was actually abducted and brought to the illegal custody. ATS on 2. 9 October 2. Indian Army, Col. R. K. Shrivastav. However, despite the NIA (National Investigation Agency) taking over the. Malegaon blast case for investigation in April 2. NIA against Purohit. If. India’s human rights community had not become addicted to the advantages that. Lt. Col. Purohit would not be languishing. His lawless incarceration, brutal torture and. Spine. Chilling Story of Maharashtra ATS Lawlessness. Thus. even the bare facts of Lt Col. Purohit’s case make a spine chilling reading. I. appeal to the readers to judge for themselves whether or not the treatment. Purohit deserves our attention. At the time when Malegaon bomb blast case investigation was in progress. Purohit was undergoing a course in Arabic language in the AEC (Army Education. Corps) Training College and Centre at Panchmarhi in Madhya Pradesh. He had. specifically requested this 1. Commanding. Officer of Southern Command Liaison Unit of Military Intelligence, based on his. Before that he was posted in Devlali. Nashik as an Intelligence Officer of the Southern Command Liaison. Unit, Pune. Purohit was deputed to the Intelligence Wing of the Indian Army. Kashmir. His knee had to be reconstructed and the doctors advised him not to. That made him unfit for resuming his earlier job in the Infantry Division of. Arabic Language course at Panchmarhi in MP, he remained. This was recorded in the form of statements by witnesses who have been examined. Army after his arrest. By all. accounts, Purohit had developed an effective intelligence network and was. SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) and its links with Pakistan’s. ISI (Inter Services Intelligence). Purohit’s service. The Confidential Reports (CR’s) by his seniors were also. To quote a few: “The. Lt. Col. Purohit) has infiltrated the SIMI and other underground. Army’s Confidential Report (3. Dec. Col. Purohit) developed an effective informant network in the AOR [Area of. Responsibility] which led to acquisition of Naxal propaganda, Maoists and. Terrorists.” - Army’s Confidential. Report (1. 5th February 2. My. heartiest congratulations to you and all ranks of the battalion for successful. Gen Area Rangai on 0. May 0. 2 which led to the killing of two. Brig. Prakash Menon, Commander, 6. Mountain Brigade (8 May 0. I am. extremely pleased to learn about the achievements of your Cell in obtaining. AOR.” - Lt. Col. Amitabh Joshi, Offg CO, 3. Composite Intelligence Unit (2. Mar 0. 3)“I am. extremely pleased to learn about the achievements of your Cell in obtaining. Thimaran Forest MZ. AOR” - Lt. Col. Amitabh. Joshi, Offg CO, 3. . Composite Intelligence Unit (0. Sep 0. 3)Beginning. Purohit’s Incarceration As. Purohit’s “Statutory Complaint” (http: //www. August 2. 00. 9 to his Commanding Officer, Brigadier. Sandeep Kumar, the then Commandant at AEC School Panchmarhi, on 2. October 2. 00. 8, he was called in the middle of the night by a certain Colonel. Rajiv K. Shrivastav, who claimed to have been directed by the Army Headquarters. Malegaon blasts. Purohit told him that he had already. Maj. Bhagirath Dey who was then posted as. Intelligence Officer of the team at Jabalpur in addition to telephonic. Col Vinay Panchpore, Commanding Officer of Southern. Command and Major Praveen Khanzode, Intelligence Officer Southern Command Devlali. Unit where Purohit was posted prior to his move to Panchmarhi for the Arabic. AM to 3 AM, in the thick of night, Purohit was questioned about his alleged. Malegaon Blasts of 2. September 2. 00. 8 in the presence of. Brigadier Sandeep Kumar at the VIP guest room of the AEC Training College. Thereafter, Shrivastav questioned him alone till 8 AM. Before the interrogation. Shrivastav took away Purohit’s mobile phones so that he could not inform. It is noteworthy that all these proceedings. Shrivastav showing any written order or instructions by. Purohit. Between. AM on 2. 5 October and 9 AM, 2.October, 2. 00. 8, Purohit faced no further.In fact, Shrivastav came to meet Purohit at his residence twice.However. on 2. 9 October, 2. Update All Links In Powerpoint Vba Active Slide . AM, that is four days after grilling him an. Purohit was called by Lt. Col. G. C. Mohanta, Adjutant, Army. Education Corps College to his office and informed that he had to accompany. Col. Shrivastav to New Delhi. Since no army officer can go from one place to. Purohit was. handed a written order that he had to report to Integrated Headquarters of the. Army (Ministry of Defence) for interaction with Military Intelligence. There. are 2 witnesses, namely Lt. Col. Mohanta and Lt. Col. Sanjay Kumar to Shrivastav. Purohit. (See. Original Movement Order: http: //www. When Purohit was. Bhopal from Panchmarhi from where he and Shrivastav were to. New Delhi, Purohit was ordered not to carry any mobile phone. The one he was carrying was taken away and deposited with the. Adjutant AEC Training College. This order was blatantly illegal and a sign of. Purohit says, at. Bhopal airport, Shrivastav did the check- in for both of them and summarily. Purohit that they were going to Mumbai instead of New Delhi. This. amounted to gross violation of army conduct rules because no officer is allowed. Purohit had not only been deprived of his mobile phone but also not allowed to. Shrivastav prevented. Purohit with physical. This too amounted to. Any civilian would have created a ruckus. But Purohit had to keep quiet since Shrivastav was his senior and obedience to a. What followed is a. Purohit. himself as narrated in his “Statutory. Complaint”: We reached Mumbai Airport late at night at. Oct 2. 00. 8. Immediately, I was taken in a civil. TATA Sumo vehicle (which purportedly was of Intelligence Bureau) which drove. We arrived at an unknown place at the end of the. Immediately, I was taken [for interrogation] to a room having no. A team of interrogators were already present there. This team. comprised of Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police and Intelligence. Bureau officials. Though all of them were in civil dress, I got to know the. I was interrogated by this combined team. Oct 2. 00. 8. Till then all the members. After initial two hours of questioning, it was Colonel Shrivastav. Director Military Intelligence - 9) who suddenly sprung from his chair and. He slapped me on my face at will and. Colonel R K Shrivastav then started pulling my hair on head and chest as. At this stage the other interrogators, including the Indian Police Service. Anti Terrorism Squad and Intelligence Bureau officers, joined. My face was totally swollen then. Colonel R K. Shrivastav’s actions of physical assault on me made the Police and Intelligence. Bureau officers shed their inhibition of carrying out physical torture of mine. Colonel R K Shrivastav then stood on my feet and legs. I was tied to a chair and inhumanly started twisting my nipples and my. Colonel Shrivastav once again. Colonel Shrivastav was holding and pulling my hair on head while the other. Indian Police Service officers tortured me. I was in absolute state of shock. Colonel R K. Shrivastav, (Director Military Intelligence - 9). This nightmare of physical assaults. After four days of continuous beating and torture. Nov 2. 00. 8, Colonel Shrivastav ordered the Police to handcuff me. This was. breach of privilege for a serving army officer and it was not police officers. Col Shrivastav which caused the same. I was handcuffed and. Nov 2. 00. 8. The sequence of beating and brutal torture. Colonel Shrivastav abusing me about my mother, wife. He kept on threatening me that if I don’t own up my involvement in. Malegaon Bomb Blast, he (Colonel Shrivastav) would strip my mother, wife. Police officially. Nov 2. 00. 8 and the legal process commenced. Thus. from 2. 9 October to 4 November 2. Lt. Col. Purohit was illegally detained by. ATS in an unknown private establishment in the hill town of Khandala near. Mumbai. On 5 November 2. Accused No. 9 by the. ATS and was shown to be officially arrested.
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