There are reports that Praveen Togadia is planning to flee the country fearing his arrest in connection to Malegaon blast case for funding 'Abhinav Bharat', an organization alleged to have involvement in the episode.

Sources close to Praveen Togadia said that he was very upset with the top leadership of the VHP who did not come out in his support.

His name has come to the fore after ATS claimed that Lt. Col. Purohit disclosed during interrogation about Mr Togadia's links with Pragya Thakur. It was said that ``Abhinav Bharat'' was funded by Mr Togadia.

The Home Ministry has reportedly asked the intelligence agencies to gather all available inputs about Togadia's possible involvement in the blast from across the country and send them to ATS for a detailed study and a subsequent action. IB is also assessing the political implication in the event of the arrest of Togadia.

National Security Advisor M K Narayanan had reportedly informed the leader of the opposition L K Advani about the possible role of top leadership of VHP into the Abhinav Bharat's activities.#