He took 54 men to terror camps
By: Ketan Ranga Date: 2008-11-13
Mumbai:
The camps were held within the Sinhagad Fort and at Akansha Resorts. Rakesh Dhawade (inset) also received training
Rakesh Dhawade (35), who was arrested on November 3, for his alleged involvement in the September 29 Malegaon blast case, is believed to have organised the travel and accommodation of 54 people to a terrorism training camp in Pune in 2003.
According to the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the camps were held inside Sinhagad Fort and at Akansha Resorts near the fort. Some of these 54 people may have been involved in the Malegaon and Nanded blasts.
CBI sources say that the men were trained in karate, the use of lathis, guns and the manufacture of pipe bombs by a person called Mithun Chakraborty.
The man is believed to be one of the army men suspected to be involved in the Malegaon blast, which saw six dead and 101 injured, while two bomb makers died at Nanded.
Dhawade, a resident of Pune, now in judicial custody, is accused of procuring arms and ammunition in the Malegaon case and may have received training at the same camps.
The ATS is also investigating whether he provided arms for the training and the role he played in the 2006 Nanded blasts.
Interestingly, the chargesheet filed by the CBI in the Nanded blast case against the 10 accused, states that they received arms training in Pune in 2003. The 10 accused were also part of 115 people who went to a training camp at the Bhonsala military school in Nagpur in 2000.
Dhawade's lawyer Dharmendra Chavan confirmed, "Yes, Dhawade has been accused of arranging for the travel of the 54 people, who participated in the training camp in Pune." He is the seventh arrested accused in the case.
Weapon lover
Ironically, Dhawade has illustrious gleanings. He is a member of the Royal Arms & Armour Society, Tower of London and Fellow, Victoria & Albert Museum, London and founder director of the Institute of Researach and development in Oriental Studies Arms and Armour.
He has a collection of 2,000 arms and weapons and was a consultant in weapons for The Rising, the film on Mangal Pandey that released in 2005
He took 54 men to terror camps
By: Ketan Ranga Date: 2008-11-13
Mumbai:
The camps were held within the Sinhagad Fort and at Akansha Resorts. Rakesh Dhawade (inset) also received training
Rakesh Dhawade (35), who was arrested on November 3, for his alleged involvement in the September 29 Malegaon blast case, is believed to have organised the travel and accommodation of 54 people to a terrorism training camp in Pune in 2003.
According to the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the camps were held inside Sinhagad Fort and at Akansha Resorts near the fort. Some of these 54 people may have been involved in the Malegaon and Nanded blasts.
CBI sources say that the men were trained in karate, the use of lathis, guns and the manufacture of pipe bombs by a person called Mithun Chakraborty.
The man is believed to be one of the army men suspected to be involved in the Malegaon blast, which saw six dead and 101 injured, while two bomb makers died at Nanded.
Dhawade, a resident of Pune, now in judicial custody, is accused of procuring arms and ammunition in the Malegaon case and may have received training at the same camps.
The ATS is also investigating whether he provided arms for the training and the role he played in the 2006 Nanded blasts.
Interestingly, the chargesheet filed by the CBI in the Nanded blast case against the 10 accused, states that they received arms training in Pune in 2003. The 10 accused were also part of 115 people who went to a training camp at the Bhonsala military school in Nagpur in 2000.
Dhawade's lawyer Dharmendra Chavan confirmed, "Yes, Dhawade has been accused of arranging for the travel of the 54 people, who participated in the training camp in Pune." He is the seventh arrested accused in the case.
Weapon lover
Ironically, Dhawade has illustrious gleanings. He is a member of the Royal Arms & Armour Society, Tower of London and Fellow, Victoria & Albert Museum, London and founder director of the Institute of Researach and development in Oriental Studies Arms and Armour.
He has a collection of 2,000 arms and weapons and was a consultant in weapons for The Rising, the film on Mangal Pandey that released in 2005