The Hindu : Insider angle to plot against BJP leader?

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Wednesday, Jan 21, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Insider angle to plot against BJP leader?

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JAN. 20. Days after the city police arrested Darsgah Jihad-O-Shahadat (DJS) activists on the charge of conspiring to assassinate the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president, N.Indrasena Reddy, the organisation made a claim of its trainees being in the team of special personal bodyguards that provided security to Mr. Reddy.

The DJS president, Shaik Mahboob Ali, stated this at a press conference here on Tuesday while denying the police charge of the arrested being members of his outfit. "Two of them did train with us some 10 years ago but we are not aware of what they are doing after that. They just underwent training and are not members of the DJS," he said.

The short-term training in self-defence, karate and `lathi' offered by the outfit had been taken by more than 20,000 men and 1,200 women so far, he said. "After the term, we don't usually have any contact with most of the trainees."

The DJS has completed 20 years and, to mark the occasion, has decided to organise a public meeting near Idgah Hazrath Ujale Shah Saheb Reh, Saidabad, on January 24 followed by a motor cycle rally from Dabeerpura Darwaza to the Saidabad crossroads.

Mr.Mahboob Ali charged the police with harassing members of the outfit at the behest of what he described as leaders having connections with the Sangh Parivar. He took a dig at the claims made by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other outfits on ushering in `Hindu Raj' in the country.

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