Aseemanand denies implicating Bhagwat

• ‘I never gave any interview to the magazine’
• Plans legal action against the publicaton
• Reporter came to me disguised as a lawyer
• Attempt to divert public attention, says BJP

New Delhi: A day after a magazine claimed that Swami Aseemanand had implicated RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in several terror attacks, the former has denied giving any such interview.

In a handwritten letter, Aseemanand said he never gave any interview to the magazine or implicated the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or its chief for sanctioning several recent terror attacks. The letter has been accessed several news channels and the details have been shared on air.

While dubbing the magazine report as fabricated, Aseemanand said he was planning legal action against the publicaton. The magazine has however stood by its report. While Aseemanand has admitted to meeting the magazine's reporter who he said came disguised as a lawyer, he has denied giving any such interview.

"On 9th January, 2014, Leena R came to meet me in the jail. I saw her several times as a reporter in the Panchkula court. But on 9th January she came as an advocate and wanted to help me. I refused her proposal... Then she requested me to discuss social work... The story she mentioned in the article is totally false and fabricated. I will take legal action," he wrote in the letter.

The magazine had quoted Aseemanand as saying that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had sanctioned the 2007 Samjhauta Express, Hyderabad Mecca Masjid and Ajmer Dargah blasts.

Aseemanand is himself an accused in these blasts.

Trashing the purported interview, , BJP dismissed it as an attempt by the government to divert public attention from important issues before Lok Sabha polls.