A fifth trainer who attended the camps has been identified by those arrested in the Lankesh case as Prathap Hazra, who is linked to the Hindutva outfit Bhavani Sena of West Bengal. And on the information provided by the SIT, Nair, who police believe was “Babaji” in the training camps was arrested by the Gujarat ATS in Bharuch in November 2018. According to statements provided by suspects and witnesses in the Lankesh case, some trainers like “Babaji” moved around in the garb of monks. The suspects in the Lankesh and other murder cases who attended the IED training camps are Amit Degwekar, Kalaskar, Pangarkar, Suryavanshi, Ganesh Miskin, Amit Baddi and Bharat Kurne. Four men who were part of the group – currently considered witnesses in the Lankesh case – also attended some of the camps.

Source: Indian Express May 08, 2019 23:32 UTC