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<b>Purohit did not filch RDX</b>

Bengaluru, Nov. 17: Lt. Col. Srikant Purohit, in the custody of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad in connection with the Malegaon blasts, did not obtain any RDX from Jammu and Kashmir during his stint in the Military Intelligence, the Anti-Terror Squad and sources in the Forensic Science Laboratory, Bengaluru, said.

<b>Sources in the Maharashtra ATS said that Lt. Col. Purohit had not confessed to having taken RDX either during his interrogation or narcoanalysis. "The inference that he obtained 60 kg of RDX in Jammu and Kashmir for terror blasts and that he gave the explosives to one Bhagwan to execute the Samjhauta Express blasts in 2007 was cooked up. We don’t know the source of these media stories," said an official source.</b>

During narcoanalysis tests conducted on Purohit by the Forensic Science Laboratory, Bengaluru, last week, the <b>Army man categorically denied having taken RDX from any source during his J&K stint. Questions in this regard were repeated to him but each time he strongly denied that he had any links to the RDX</b>. He was cooperative and answered with clarity, said sources.

Sources in the Army also said a Military Intelligence officer has no access to explosives. <b>"He is in mufti and his brief is to collect intelligence on insurgency and anti-national activities. Also, the Army does not use or store RDX," an official source said</b>.