Twenty-one activists and intellectuals demanded ‘a thorough enquiry’ into a ‘terror nexus’ involving Hindu groups.
A statement issued by them said ‘a genuine probe’ was needed to know the nexus ‘straddling Abhinav Bharat, RSS, VHP, BJP and Bajrang Dal leaders together with sections of the Indian intelligence and security agencies’. This was necessary although the Indian government had belatedly acknowledged ‘the heinous terrorist acts of the Sangh groups’, they said.
‘It must also be investigated whether the network of Hindutva terrorists have been provided not just political but also financial and logistical support by various governments,’ the statement said. ‘There must be a thorough investigation into the foreign sources of funding of the Hindutva orgs.’
A statement issued by them said ‘a genuine probe’ was needed to know the nexus ‘straddling Abhinav Bharat, RSS, VHP, BJP and Bajrang Dal leaders together with sections of the Indian intelligence and security agencies’. This was necessary although the Indian government had belatedly acknowledged ‘the heinous terrorist acts of the Sangh groups’, they said.
‘It must also be investigated whether the network of Hindutva terrorists have been provided not just political but also financial and logistical support by various governments,’ the statement said. ‘There must be a thorough investigation into the foreign sources of funding of the Hindutva orgs.’