Pansare case: Sanatan Sanstha lashes out at SIT

September 10, 2016 02:09

Sanatan Sanstha, which is under scanner in the murder of CPI leader Govind Pansare, has rubbished police claims that drugs were found at its ashram near here and said investigators were "deviating" from their path and making false allegations against the outfit.

The Special Investigation Team of Maharashtra Police, probing the murder case, had on Thursday told a Court in Kolhapur it had found some drugs which could affect the nervous system.

Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, a spokesman of the Goa-headquartered right wing outfit vehemently denied SIT had

seized narcotics from its Panvel ashram.

"Many seekers in various age groups reside in the ashram that runs a free dispensary managed by qualified doctors having experience of 20-30 years. The medicines in the dispensary are purchased from the market with bills.

"But we are very sorry to say the investigating agency enacted a drama to seize these medicines and told the media they were narcotics," Abhay Vartak, spokesperson of Sanstha, said.

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