Varavara Rao to Sudha Bhardwaj, who are the activists arrested over alleged Maoist links
Hindustan TimesMaharashtra police on Tuesday raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least four of them for suspected Maoist links. Near simultaneous searches were carried out at the residences of prominent Telugu poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Ferreira in Mumbai, trade union activist Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad, and civil liberties activist Gautam Navlakha in New Delhi. She has written extensively against the rigourous sentences given to Delhi University professor GN Saibaba, activist Prashant Rahi among others, calling it “misuse of the Unlawful Activities Act”. Father Stan Swamy Human rights activist Father Stan Swamy founded the Vistapan Virodhi Janvikash Andolan, a platform that advocates the rights of indigenous people including Adivasis and Dalits. Father Stan Swamy was among 20 people against whom a sedition case was filed in July this year, for posting statements against the Jharkhand government for inciting tension over the Pathalgadi movement.
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