Former minister Naseem Khan demands ban on Sanatan Sanstha

Nagpur, Sep 17: Former Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Arif Mohammad Nasem Khan, today demanded that the state government ban the Sanatan Sanstha, whose alleged activist Sachin Gaikwad, has been arrested in connection with the murder of CPI leader Govind Pansare.

"The Sanatan Sanstha has been indulging in terror activities for quite sometime and the then Special IG Hemant Karkare who was subsequently was killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack had exposed this organisation," Khan told reporters.

He said that the same organisation was also involved in terror activities in Goa. Therefore, he demanded that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis should ban the organisation.

PTI