Mumbai: A Nasik court on Monday granted permission to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad to conduct narco-analysis on sadhvi (female saint) Pragya Singh Thakur,
The sadhvi was arrested on October 24 along with Shivanarayan Singh and Shyam Bhavar Lal in connection with the September 29 bomb blast in Malegaon in which five people were killed and several others injured.
She was arrested after investigations revealed that the motor cycle used in the Malegaon blast was registered in her name.
Police sources said they moved the court after she and her two associates kept changing their statements during.
Their confessions apparently had earlier led to the detention of two more saffron activists - Shashikala Shasri, a former President of Durga Vahini and Sameer Kulkarni from Bhopal.
The three are in police custody till November 3.
Police also arrested two retired Army officers - a Major and a Captain - for allegedly training right wing fanatics in assembling bombs.
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