November 16, 2008	Sunday	Ziqa'ad 17, 1429

NEW DELHI, Nov 15: The Indian army officer arrested in connection with a terrorist attack in Malegaon has been linked to the Samjhauta Express blasts.

Prosecutor for the Anti-Terror Squad, Ajay Misar, submitted in a local court in Nashik on Saturday that Lt-Col S.P. Purohit was suspected to have procured 60kg of RDX from occupied Kashmir in 2006, a part of which was used in the Malegaon blast and the other in the Samjhauta Express bombing which killed 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, in early 2006.

The submission in the court has given a new dimension to the probe being conducted against Purohit for his involvement in Malegaon town explosion in which eight people died.

Purohit was remanded in police custody till Nov 18 for detailed questioning when he was produced before a court in Nashik.

The serving army officer was also subjected to brain-mapping and narco-analysis tests, media reports said.

During investigations it had been revealed that in 2006 Purohit had claimed that he had obtained 60kg of RDX from occupied Jammu and Kashmir, said the prosecutor.

Misar said that Purohit gave a portion of the RDX to one Bhagwan who was suspected of using it in the Samjhauta Express twin blasts.—APP