The right-wing organisation Sanatan Sanstha and anti-superstition activists in Maharashtra were fighting it out in courts before their confrontation took a bloody turn with the murder of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.

After the arrest of Sanstha member Sameer Gaikwad for the Pansare murder, questions are again being asked about the activities of the organisation, which was linked to the bomb blasts in Thane and Margao.