 As the politicised wrangling developed, the Hindu Mahasabha decided to provide legal aid to the suspects from Pune – Upadhyay and Kulkarni – while the umbrella organisation, Abhinav Bharat, of which the two are members.The national president of the Mahasabha, Himani Savarkar, also based in Pune, confirmed this.This comes following a refusal but the two to hire lawyers when produced before the Nashik court.