Bounty hunters send NIA on wild goose chases

Bounty hunters send NIA on wild goose chases

Page www.jcdevlinder.be 1 of 4NEW DELHI: The recent bounty announced by the US on LeT chief Hafiz Saeed may have got India excited but bounties do not seem to be really working for the country's premier anti terror agency: the NIA. The agency has literally been on a wild goose chase ever since it announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh on Ramji Kalsangra, the man behind a series of Hindu terror attacks in the country, a year ago.Bounty seekers have jammed NIA phone lines with all sorts of information on Kalsangra that range www.aplusconstruction.fr from him being dead to having been seen in Muzaffarabad. One call even claimed that he and his associate Sandeep Dange (who is also wanted for several blasts including those in Malegaon and has a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on him) are meditating on Kailash Parvat.Desperate to get the two, the agency is not taking any information lightly (except the one about Kailash Parvat) and has sent teams to scores of places verifying whatever little information or sketchy details of the duo's whereabouts has been available. Till now, however, most of the tip offs have turned out to be red herrings, wasting much of the agency's resources and time.A senior NIA official said, "We have got inputs from intelligence agencies from time to time which we follow up on. But much of the calls in recent months have come from bounty seekers. We have been told about Kalsangra and Dange's presence in Nepal, Bihar, UP, MP, Gujarat and even Muzaffarabad. Some have even suggested that they are dead. Since we do not want to take any chances, we check every information. We have credible information that they are alive."Another NIA official added, "Much of the information given by callers has turned out to be false. One caller even went on to the extent of suggesting that the duo was on a pilgrimage to Kailash Parvat. But we do not want to discourage people from giving us information. Even if one out of 100 calls gives correct information, it will be worth putting in the effort."This is the reason why the agency does not want to disbelieve fresh information that the duo may be working as construction workers in Odisha. "It is not easy to trace people like this. They do not call their relatives or keep in touch with their friends directly. Given the massive migration of labour across the country, it is easy to mingle in the workforce in another state and go totally unnoticed. But sooner or later, we will get them," said the official.Both Kalsangra and Dange are crucial to investigation of a host of Hindu terror cases including Malegaon and Samjhauta Express blasts. The www.lejardindessenteurs.fr NIA is running low on evidence in both the cases and needs to arrest the two to complete the jigsaw.While the Malegaon cases are dependent on statements and conversations of accused such as Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit, Pragya Singh Thakur and Dayanand Pande, the Samjhauta probe is hanging on the sole confession of Swami Aseemanand.
Bounty hunters send NIA on wild goose chases

Page 1 of 4NEW DELHI: The recent bounty announced by the US on LeT chief Hafiz Saeed may have got India excited but bounties do not seem to be really working for the country's premier anti terror agency: the NIA. The agency has literally been on a wild goose chase ever since it announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh on Ramji Kalsangra, the man behind a series of Hindu terror attacks in the country, a year ago.Bounty seekers have jammed NIA phone lines with all sorts of information on Kalsangra that range from him being dead to having been seen in Muzaffarabad. One call even claimed that he and www.lejardindessenteurs.fr his associate Sandeep Dange (who is also wanted for several blasts including those in Malegaon and www.la-canadagoose.fr has a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on him) are meditating on Kailash Parvat.Desperate to get the two, the agency is not taking any information lightly (except the one about Kailash Parvat) and has sent teams to scores of places verifying whatever little information or sketchy details of the duo's whereabouts has been available. Till now, however, most of the tip offs have turned out to be red herrings, wasting much of the agency's resources and time.A senior NIA official said, "We have got inputs from intelligence agencies from time to time which we follow up on. But much of the calls in recent months have come from bounty seekers. We have been told about Kalsangra and Dange's presence in Nepal, Bihar, UP, MP, Gujarat and even Muzaffarabad. Some have even suggested that they are dead. Since we do not want to take any chances, we check every information. We have credible information that they are alive."Another NIA official added, "Much of the information given by callers has turned out to be false. One caller even went on to the extent of suggesting that the duo was on a pilgrimage to Kailash Parvat. But we do not want to discourage people from giving us information. Even if one out of 100 calls gives correct information, it will be worth putting in the effort."This is the reason why the agency does not want to disbelieve fresh information that the duo may be working as construction workers in Odisha. "It is not easy to trace people like this. They do not call their relatives or keep in touch with their friends directly. Given the massive migration of labour across the country, it is easy to www.jcdevlinder.be mingle in the workforce in another state and go totally unnoticed. But sooner or later, we will get them," said the official.Both Kalsangra and Dange are crucial to investigation of a host of Hindu terror cases including Malegaon and Samjhauta Express blasts. The NIA is running low on evidence in both the cases and needs to arrest the two to complete the jigsaw.While the Malegaon cases are dependent on statements and conversations of accused such as Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit, Pragya Singh Thakur and Dayanand Pande, the Samjhauta probe is hanging on the sole confession of Swami Aseemanand.