M'Gaon case: Sadhvi was concerned over trace of scooter

Malegaon blast prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur had met the wanted accused Ramji Kalsangra two days before her arrest and expressed apprehensions over police tracing the scooter used in the explosion to her, according to a witness statement.

Sadhvi had met Ramji in Ujjain on October eight and voiced concern over how the police came to know that the scooter used in the blast was registered in her name even though they had destroyed all evidence regarding it, the witness has said in the statement.

Since her arrest on October 10, Sadhvi has been maintaining that she had sold the scooter to one Sunil Joshi in October 2004 for Rs 24,000 and that after that she had no control over the scooter or its movements and usage.

However, the statement of the witness recorded by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) said the Sadhvi was in touch with Ramji till October eight last year.

She had met Ramji in a 'dharmashala' in Ujjain on October eight where she told him that she has been summoned to Surat by the police to question her in connection with the Malegaon blast, the witness, who claims to have been present when the conversation took place between the two, said in the statement.

"I will tell the police that I had sold the scooter to someone and I do not remember whom it was sold to," Sadhvi had told Ramji.

Ramji had then said that he had removed the scooter's number plate, engine number and other details that might help police in tracking it down to them but he could not understand how the police tracked it down.