Title - Samjhauta case: Key suspect held

New Delhi/ Panchkula:Dhan Singh, a prime suspect in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast case, was today arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Madhya Pradesh, the second person to be apprehended in the last two days.He was arrested from Chitrakoot along the Madhya Pradesh-Uttar Pradesh border following intelligence input. He was also suspected to be involved in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, sources said. Dhan Singh was known as "Swamiji" in Chitrakoot.The NIA had on December 15 arrested Rajender Chaudhary (34) from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh for his alleged involvement in carrying out the blast in the Pakistan-bound train. Rajender was today produced in a Panchkula court that remanded him in police custody for 12 days.While Rajender was being brought to the district courts amid tight security, he said, "Yes I have planted the bomb because the cruelty of the people of other religion was on the rise." However, when he returned from the courtroom, he said whatever he said earlier was out of pressure and that he had done nothing.The court allowed Rajender's father and brother to meet him. "Five minutes were given to the kin of Rajender to meet him," defence counsel said. A plea to allow an advocate to remain present with Rajender throughout the investigation was, however, rejected by the court.

Brilliant, educationally

Educationally, Rajender has been a topper throughout his life. He claimed he recently cracked the preliminary examination of the MP Civil Services. He scored 95 per cent marks in his Class XII examination. Later he did BCom from Ujjain University. "He belongs to a well-off family. His father is an agriculturist," said a source in the NIA.