The Maharastra Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a sadhvi in connection with the Malegaon blasts. She is identified as Pragya Singh Thakur.  Five people were killed in Malegaon blasts in last September.

Earlier ATS claimed that extremist Hindu groups were behind the Malegaon blasts. This has triggered a political controversy in the state.

According to an Official of ATS, "same group could also be behind the blast in Modasa in Gujarat the same day."

ATS got the links through the motor cycle used in the blast.

The BJP denied the charges made by ATS. Party general secretary Gopinath Munde said, "Hindu groups cannot be involved in blasts."

But CPI-M reacted sharply to those developments. "Bajrang Dal and similar groups are now seen to be involved in Bomb blasts. ATS reports prove that. Why is it that no action has been taken against them?" said CPI-M Politburo member Brinda Karat.