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"In his interviews with Reghunath, Aseemanand claimed that the need for violence in the name of Hindus was discussed at a meeting held in Gujarat at his Shabari Dham Ashram with the RSS leaders Mohan Bhagwat, Sunil Joshi and Kumar." +
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"Aseemanand admitted to participating in a conspiracy to carry out five bombings that killed 119 people. These were the Malegaon blasts of 2006 and 2008, as well as the 2007 attacks on the Samjhauta Express, Hyderabad’s Mecca Masjid and Ajmer Sharif." ++

"In the interviews, and in a confessional statement he later recanted, Aseemanand admitted to receiving explicit instructions to participate in the bombing campaign from senior RSS members, some of whom have been named in Shinde’s affidavit too." ++

The RSS leaders allegedly warned (Sunil) Joshi that nothing about the attacks should be publicly linked to the RSS and endorsed Aseemanand’s involvement in the conspiracy, as his presence would keep the violence linked to “ideology” and prevent it from getting “criminalised.”