Bajrang Dal leader held for terror funding, Madhya Pradesh BJP under fire
The BJP in Madhya Pradesh is under fire from the Opposition since the arrest of five persons in Satna district in a terror-funding case as one of those arrested is a Bajrang Dal leader called Balram Singh.
The Anti-Terror Squad of the Madhya Pradesh Police had last Wednesday arrested five persons in Satna for suspected links with a terror-funding racket managed by Pakistani operatives. Three of five arrested – Balram Singh, Sunil Singh and Shubham Mishra – were later brought to Bhopal.
They were found to have communicated with their handlers using an app which does not keep any record of the messages it sends, police said. Two years ago, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader Dhruv Saxena was arrested in a similar case of espionage and terror-funding in Satna. The accused later got bail. Balram Singh was also a part of this gang.…
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