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Kanpur blast investigation: friends of Bhupender to undergo narco test

By TwoCircles.net correspondent,

Kanpur: Although there hasn’t been substantial progress in the investigation of the Kanpur blasts of August 24, 2008, Kanpur Police has expressed the possibility of conducting the narco test of Sunil and Subodh, the two arrested persons who are allegedly friends of Bhupender.

Bhupender Singh was one of the two persons killed in the bomb explosion in Kanpur.

SSP A. K. Singh told media persons that the duo were involved in the 1992 communal riots post-Babri Masjid demolition. Bhupender , was involved in the riots told the SSP. He was associated with Bajrang Dal, and was its city chief 10 years ago.

SSP said that Sunil and Subodh can provide valuable information regarding the Kanpur explosion.

Bhupender Singh and Piyush Mishra were killed in a private hostel in Kanpur on August 24, 2008. Police recovered a big amount of explosive materials including some bombs, Lead Oxide, Potassium Nitrate, which are used in making bombs of higher quality.

Post Kanpur explosion social and human rights organizations across the country including Muslim organizations pointed out that this blasts and some blasts of the past like the Nanded blasts, which the police “covered up” clearly show that the Hindutva organizations are involved in terror activities.

They demanded an objective enquiry of the explosion and to widen the scope of the investigation to include all the Hindutva organizations like RSS and its offshoots, Shiva Sena and its offshoots, VHP and others.

They also demanded to include all the past blasts occurred in the country in the scope of investigation. Some of them also demanded banning the Hindutva groups notably VHP and Bajrang Dal.