Summary:
Reddy had acquitted all five Hindu activists including Swamy Aseemanand in the case on April 16, 2018. HYDERABAD: Retired metropolitan sessions, who resigned within hours after the acquittals of all the accused belonging to Right-wing extremist groups in the Makkah Masjid bomb blast case wants to join the ruling BJP. Swami Aseemanand, a resident of Gujarat and head of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, was earlier acquitted in the Ajmer Dargah blast case and is currently on bail in Samjhauta Express blast case of 2014. Defending the decision, he said: “BJP is a patriotic party, free of any dynastic culture and therefore expressed his keenness to join the BJP. Right-wing Hindu activists Nabakumar Sarkar alias Swamy Aseemanand, Devender Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar alias Bharat Bhai and Rajender Chowdhary, against whom the charges were framed, were all acquitted..