Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, RSS worker Dada Idate alleged that Singh had accused the RSS of making bombs and of a possible role in the recent serial blasts in Mumbai.

“Singh’s allegation that the RSS is making bombs is totally baseless and fabricated. It appears that Singh has a habit of making statements against the RSS and Hindus to appease Muslims. Singh only makes such statements as instructed by the Congress high command. We are also consulting legal experts if we can make the Congress President Sonia Gandhi a party in our case,” Idate said.

The BJP too blasted Singh in a statement. BJP spokesperson Ravi Prasad Singh said that Singh’s outbursts against the RSS was only a desperate attempt to change the political discourse at a time when the United Progressive Alliance was unable to shed the perception that it was soft on terror.

Meanwhile, Suresh Khopade, who recently retired as the special inspector general of police, Criminal Investigation Department of Maharashtra police told Arab News on Tuesday that he had alerted the Mumbai police about a possible bomb blast in Mumbai through a letter on March 19. “I sent copies of my letter to the chief minister, home minister and director general of police, and also to Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik,” Khopade claimed.

"In my letter I also stated that the Mumbai police must carry on with community policing which was discontinued some time back. The Scotland Yard was highly impressed with the community policing model and decided to replicate it in the United Kingdom,” Khopade claimed.

The former top police official claimed that there were several lacunae in the functioning of the Mumbai police and that is why bomb blasts, terrorist attacks and riots take place.