5 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: CPM condemns raid at DU prof's home, demands end to 'threatening postures' towards voices of dissent

Communist Party of India on Tuesday condemned the police raid at the residence of Delhi University Professor Hany Babu in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case New Delhi: Communist Party of India on Tuesday condemned the police raid at the residence of Delhi University Professor Hany Babu in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. Such intolerance towards criticism and dissent was the basis for the insidious attempt that was made last year to amend the Delhi University Act and apply ESMA,” the party posted on Facebook. Later that year, they filed a charge sheet against ten people, including five arrested activists- Roma Wilson, Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawale, Mahesh Raut and Surendra Gadling and five absconding accused- Commander Dipak Milind Teltumbde, Kishanda Prashant Bose, Prakash Naveen Rituoam Goswami, Commanders Deepu and Manglu. The police, in its charge sheet, alleged that Elgaar Parishad, which was organized at Pune’s Shaniwar Wada on December 31, 2017, had aggravated the violence in Koregaon Bhima a day later.

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SDPI calls ED raids 'tyrannical', accuses BJP of suppressing political parties

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

SDPI calls ED raids 'tyrannical', accuses BJP of suppressing political parties

India Today

The Social Democratic Party of India on Wednesday termed the Enforcement Directorate raid on its premises a "tyrannical move" by the BJP government to suppress political opposition using investigative agencies. "The raids on the party offices of SDPI by the Enforcement Directorate is the agenda of tyrannical move of the Union BJP regime to suppress the strength of the political …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

KPCC chief describes midnight police raid as ‘disgraceful rowdyism’

The Hindu

The United Democratic Front took out a protest march to the District Police Chief’s office here on Wednesday condemning the midnight police raids on the hotel rooms of women leaders of the Congress. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan may support your action, but the people of Kerala will not,” he said, adding that the police should explain who ordered the disgraceful …

5 months ago

Congress Alleges Deal Between BJP and CPI(M) in Kerala, Sparks Political Debate

The Hindu

Opposition leader V.D. Satheesan has claimed that a deal between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], as claimed by the Congress much earlier, has been proved right through various recent incidents and that the revelations by former BJP worker Tirur Satheesh in connection with the Kodakara money-laundering case only confirmed it.

11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Bhima Koregaon case and what it tells us about democracy

The Hindu

At a raid on Bagaicha, the training centre and home of Jesuit priest and activist Father Stan Swamy in Ranchi, in August, 2018, the Pune police told him that he was a suspect in the Bhima Koregaon case. Louis’s book, which is being translated into many Indian languages, asks questions not just about the Bhima Koregaon arrests but the larger …

1 year ago

Hacker-for-hire gang with links to Pune police planted emails on the computers of Bhima Koregaon accused: new book

The Hindu

The alleged evidence used to incarcerate 16 people in the Bhima Koregaon case was “likely to have been implanted remotely through a hacker-for-hire mercenary gang infrastructure that has clients all over the world, but whose epicentre is in India,” according to claims made in a new book. In her book, The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon And The Search For Democracy In …

1 year, 5 months ago

Raid on NewsClick: Anurag Thakur reacts; Opposition questions Delhi Police

Hindustan Times

Several opposition parties hit out at the government after Delhi Police's special cell on Tuesday morning conducted raids on the premises of online portal NewsClick and its journalists. A senior police officer arrives at the office of NewsClick at Sainik Farm during raids by Delhi Police's Special Cell on its premises in New Delhi on Tuesday. Delhi Police is conducting …

$Cybercrime police conduct searches at Congress strategist Sunil Kaugolu\'s office$

2 years, 3 months ago

Cybercrime police conduct searches at Congress strategist Sunil Kaugolu\'s office

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cybercrime police conducted searches at the office of Congress strategist Sunil Kanugolu in Madhapur late on Tuesday night, after receiving complaints stating that anti-government posts had been made on social media platforms against Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. The complaints stated that derogatory comments were made against the Chief Minister by some new social media handles, …

2 years, 3 months ago

Piyush Goyal hits out at AAP RS member Sanjay Singh's statement on raids at opposition leaders

India TV News

Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal hit out at AAP RS member Sanjay Singh and said "people make many claims on social media which aren't substantiated by facts. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1602188397241544705 AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh had raised the issue of raids conducted at the premises linked to opposition leaders and alleged that 3,000 such raids were conducted …

3 years, 10 months ago

Will Delhi Police also raid BJP or RSS offices in connection with Covid relief work, asks Congress

India Today

Congress on Friday criticised the Delhi Police for questioning Youth Congress president Srinivas BV. Informed about the Delhi Police's claims that it is questioning people at the direction of the Delhi High Court, Randeep Singh Surjewala said in response, "Will the police now raid BJP HQ, RSS HQ? Surjewala was referring to reports of the Delhi Police Crime Branch questioning …

4 years, 5 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha, 6 others

Live Mint

In the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, the National Investigation Agency on Friday has filed a charge-sheet against eight persons, including prominent activists Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde, Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu, Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor, Jyoti Jagtap, Stan Swamy and Milind Teltumbde. The anti-terror agency has reportedly filed a 10,000-page charge-sheet against eight accused for "criminal conspiracy, waging war …

4 years, 7 months ago

Central Crime Branch Raids SDPI Offices in Connection With Bengaluru Violence, Say Police

News 18

Searches were carried out at three offices of the Social Democratic Party of India here by the Central Crime Branch on Tuesday in connection with the case relating to the Bengaluru violence, police said. The raids at DJ Halli, KG Halli and Halasuru Gate offices of SDPI come in the backdrop of statements made by Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai that …

5 years, 2 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon case: Meeting to review violence in Pune underway; Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and state HM Anil Deshmukh in attendance

Firstpost

While some rights activists were arrested in the Koregaon Bhima case by the Pune city police, their rural counterparts had booked Hindutva leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide for allegedly inciting violence. Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh met senior police officials in Mumbai on Thursday to review the case of violence at …

5 years, 3 months ago

Sharad Pawar bats for Bhima Koregaon violence accused ‘Urban Naxals’, demands ‘fresh probe’ from CM Thackeray

Op India

After senior NCP leader Jitendra Awhad exhorted Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to drop charges against accused Urban Naxals in Bhima Koregaon violence case, now the party supremo Sharad Pawar has demanded a fresh probe on Bhima Koregaon violence case. pic.twitter.com/0aH9QZbKHa — TIMES NOW December 21, 2019 Casting aspersions on the investigative agencies’ role in the Bhima Koregaon case, Sharad Pawar …

5 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police raids home of Delhi University professor Hany Babu, recovers electronic devices

Firstpost

On 1 January, 2018, violence erupted at an event to mark 100 years of the Bhima-Koregaon battle, leaving one dead and several injured, including 10 policemen. Pune/Noida: The Pune Police on Tuesday conducted searches at the residence of Delhi University professor Hany Babu in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida city in connection with its probe into the 2017 Elgaar Parishad case for …

5 years, 9 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police raid activist Stan Swamy’s Ranchi residence; documents, electronic materials seized

Firstpost

In connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, a Pune police team raided human right activist Father Stan Swamy’s home in Ranchi on Wednesday Jharkhand: A Pune Police team has conducted searches at human right activist Father Stan Swamy’s residence in Ranchi in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case. The search was conducted on Wednesday morning around 10.30 am and police …

5 years, 9 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon case: Maharasthra police search Stan Swamy’s Ranchi house

Hindustan Times

A team of Maharasthra police team on Wednesday searched the residence of human rights activist, Stan Swamy at Namkum in Ranchi on Wednesday morning in connection with the probe into the Bhima-Koregaon case. The eight-member Pune police team arrived at Swamy’s Bagaicha campus around 7.15am. The Maharashtra police had on August 28, 2018 raided many locations across the country, including …

5 years, 9 months ago

What Has Happened A Year After Bhima Koregaon Arrests?

Live Law

It was exactly a year ago that the Pune police arrested five activists for alleged Maoist links in the Bhima-Koregaon case. Surendra Gadling, a Nagpur-based advocate who had taken up cases of several UAPA accused, Sudhir Dhawale, Dalit activist-writer and founder of Republican Panthers, Mahesh Raut, a TISS alumnus working on tribal rights in Gadchiroli, Shoma Sen, a retired professor …

6 years, 3 months ago

Ahead of Bhima Koregaon battle anniversary, police prohibit Milind Ekbote, Kabir Kala Manch leaders from visiting memorial

Firstpost

According to the Pune Police, provocative speeches at the conclave, said to have been funded by Maoists, triggered violence at Bhima Koregaon. Pune: Ahead of the 201st anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon, the Pune rural police have prohibited several persons including Hindu right-wing leader Milind Ekbote, members of the cultural organisation Kabir Kala Manch and others from visiting …

6 years, 4 months ago

Maoists Were Conspiring To Kill PM: Pune Police Files Charge Sheet In Bhima Koregaon Case

Live Law

Some Maoist leaders were conspiring to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and planned to procure arms and ammunition to wage a war against the country, Pune police claimed in its charge sheet filed in the Bhima Koregaon case filed Thursday.The police also said that the Maoists are trying to mobilise and incite Dalits and the Elgar Parishad conclave in Pune …

6 years, 5 months ago

Koregaon Bhima: Prosecution submits email exchanges between arrested ‘activists’ and top Maoists

Op India

On Monday, opposing the bail application of the five accused activists in the Bhima-Koregaon case Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Sudha Bharadwaj, in the Bhima Koregaon case, the prosecution submitted ‘intercepted email communications’ exchanged between top CPI fugitive leader Ganapathy aka Chandrasekhar and Varavara Rao as per reports. Public prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar, arguing before Sessions Judge …

6 years, 5 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: While activists' arrests make headlines, Telangana workers jailed for similar charges languish

Firstpost

Families of five workers arrested over alleged Maoist links by Maharashtra ATS, have been struggling in anonymity even though the arrest of 10 well-known activists with the same charges and linked to the Bhima Koregaon violence made it to the headlines Earlier this year, on 12 January, 15-20 people wearing civil dress barged into Rajita Karera’s house in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon verdict: BJP's Sambit Patra says SC ruling vindicates govt's stand, exposes Congress' 'shamelessness'

Firstpost

Quoting the court’s order, Patra claimed that the fact that a majority judgment has held that the accused were not arrested because of dissent, confirms BJP’s stand Reacting to the Supreme Court judgment on the Bhima-Koregaon arrests, Bharatiya Janata Party said the apex court’s ruling vindicated their stand and exposed the Congress party. Addressing a press conference after the ruling, …

6 years, 6 months ago

No court-monitored probe in Bhima-Koregaon

Live Mint

New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition for a court-monitored probe into the arrests of five human rights activists by the Pune police in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, while declining a court-monitored investigation, held, “We are of the considered opinion that it is not a case of arrest …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: SC-monitored SIT probe into activists' arrests demanded for protection from 'oppressive prosecution'

Firstpost

Eminent citizens on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that a court-monitored Special Investigation Team should be constituted to look into the entire spectrum of the Bhima Koregaon case. New Delhi: Eminent citizens on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that a court-monitored Special Investigation Team should be constituted to look into the entire spectrum of the Bhima Koregaon case. Senior advocate …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Letters can't be evidence of conspiracy till probe proves activist-CPI (Maoist) collusion

Firstpost

While the letters seized during the Bhima Koregaon raids, the veracity of which have to be proved in a trial, suggest alleged organisational affiliation of some of the arrested individuals, how these letters attribute organisational role of the CPI party in Elgar Parishad by way of which they directly provoked the violence in Bhima Koregaon as stated by the Maharshtra …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Maharashtra Police files affidavit in SC, says it has sufficient evidence to establish Maoist links

Firstpost

The Maharashtra government filed a counter affidavit in Supreme Court regarding the arrests of five activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence. The Maharashtra police on Wednesday filed a counter affidavit in the Supreme Court regarding the arrest of activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case, reports said. The five rights activists were not arrested for their dissenting …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon riots probe: Bombay HC to hear plea against ADG PB Singh, Maharashtra Police over media briefing in sub judice case

Firstpost

Social activist Sanjay Bhalerao, who claims to be to be a witness to the Bhima Koregaon violence, filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay High Court seeking action against Additional Director General,Param Bir Singh and the other policemen for briefing the media and disclosing evidence. A petition demanding action against Additional Director General of Maharashtra Police Param Bir Singh …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Violence: Bombay HC Questions Police On Holding Of Press Meet Over Sub-Judice Matter [Read Petition]

Live Law

The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned the Maharashtra police for conducting a press conference to discuss the arrest of activists in relation to the Bhima Koregaon violence.A division bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar and Justice Sandeep Shinde was hearing a criminal writ petition filed by one Satish Sugriv Gaikwad who claims to be a victim of the violence that …

6 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Violence: Bombay HC Questions Police On Holding Of Press Meet Over Sub-Judice Matter [Read Petition]

Live Law

6 years, 7 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: Pune Police says it has evidence about 'larger conspiracy' to mobilise cadres against forces

Firstpost

The Pune Police said they would continue their investigation even though the Supreme Court had ordered the five activists to be placed in house arrest. Pune: The Maharashtra Police on Thursday sought to justify the arrest of five Left-wing activists for alleged Maoist links, saying they are in possession of “digital” evidence about a “larger conspiracy” to mobilise cadres for …

6 years, 7 months ago

Long before Bhima Koregaon riot, 128 organisations with ties to CPI (Maoist) were put on watch list by UPA-II

Firstpost

New Delhi: At least four of the five left-wing activists arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence by the Pune Police on Tuesday were linked to organisations put under the scanner by the UPA-II regime headed by Manmohan Singh. “A total of seven of those picked up since June in the Bhima Koregaon riot case belong to organisations appearing …

6 years, 7 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids an attempt to divert attention from Sanatan Sanstha probe, says Prakash Ambedkar

Firstpost

Prakash Ambedkar alleged that police have made contradictory claims about the violence at Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January Mumbai: Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar Wednesday claimed that arrests of Left-wing activists for alleged Maoist links were aimed at diverting the attention from the “probe” against Sanatan Sanstha, a right-wing Hindu outifit. He also alleged that police have made contradictory claims …

6 years, 7 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: Arrest of activists shows 'Emergency-like' conditions prevailing in India, says Yashwant Sinha

Firstpost

Former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha said that the Bhima Koregaon raids are a prime example of assault on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday alleged “Emergency-like” conditions are prevailing in the country under the present regime and the arrest of five activists on suspicion of ‘Maoist links’ shows that …

6 years, 7 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: P Chidambaram condemns arrests of activists, defends right to hold extreme views

Firstpost

In a series of tweets, P Chidambaram said anyone holding extreme views is punishable only if he indulges in violence or incites violence or aids and abets violence in support of his ideology New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Wednesday condemned the arrest of several human rights activists for their suspected links with Maoists and said holding extreme left …

6 years, 7 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: SC directs to keep 5 accused under house arrest till Sept 5, observes 'dissent is safety valve of democracy'

India TV News

Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Pune Police to keep the five rights activists, arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence on January 1 this year, under house arrested and refused to grant their remand. Quoting the decisions by high courts of granting house arrests to two of the accused, the SC bench said that 'the same can be …

6 years, 7 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: Writ seeks activist Sudha Bharadwaj's release, calls police action 'assault on liberals'

Firstpost

The raids on activists by the Maharashtra Police were part of the investigation into the Bhima Koregaon violence and based on an FIR filed in Pune. The Maharashtra Police led the raids — carried out as part of the investigation into the violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune after an event on 31 December — at the homes of prominent …

6 years, 7 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Raids LIVE Updates: Late Night Drama in Faridabad as Cops Drag Sudha Bharadwaj to Court Despite HC Order

News 18

Bhima Koregaon violence probe latest updates: Activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who was earlier today arrested from her Faridabad residence, is being whisked away to Pune going against the orders of Punjab and Haryana High Court, which put a stay order on her transit remand, claimed her lawyer. Pune police on Tuesday raided the homes of at least nine rights activists and …

6 years, 9 months ago

Pune cops expose Maoists' 'plot to assassinate PM'; Congress calls it Modi's 'old tactic'

India TV News

Maoists are planning to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an attack similar to the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, intercepts of internal communication of the rebels have revealed. The plot to assassinate PM Modi was revealed when the Pune Police raided the house of one of the accused in Bhima Koregaon violence case. Congress casts doubts over PM …

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