Two of the three Hidutva terrorists arrested in Mumbai on Friday are allegedly affiliated to radical Hindu groups.
Three arrested by Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) are Vaibhav Raut (40), Sudhanwa Gondhalekar (39) and Sharad Kasalkar (25).
According to The Indian Express, “Two of the men arrested by Maharashtra ATS — Raut and Gondhalekar — are allegedly closely associated with the Sanatan Sanstha and HJS, according to material available on the HJS and websites. Raut is the co-ordinator of Hindu Govansh Raksha Samiti and Gondhalekar a member of Shri Shivapratishthan Hindustan.”
“Of the 11 others arrested in the case, Kale and Sujeet Kumar are shown by the HJS website as being part of the outfit till around 2010-11. Another of the arrested, Suresh Kumar, is identified as a “seeker’’ in a 2008 article on the HJS website. All the other eight persons arrested in the case have been revealed to be either Sanstha sympathisers on social media or allegedly associated with Hindutva fringe groups known to be allied with the Sanstha and HJS such as Sri Ram Sena and Hindu Yuva Sena.”, reported The Indian Express.
