Activists’ arrest: They were conspiring against govt., says Pune police
6 years, 4 months ago

Activists’ arrest: They were conspiring against govt., says Pune police

The Hindu  

The evidence found by the Pune police against the five activists arrested on Tuesday indicates that they were conspiring against the government, long before the Elgar Parishad was held. “The evidence found pointed to the involvement of the Kabir Kala Manch and the accused in the mobilisation of funds provided by the CPI for inciting the masses against the administration long before the Elgar Parishad was held,” Pune police spokesperson Shirish Sardeshmane said. The police said their involvement in ‘urban naxal’ activities came to light during the interrogation of and investigation against five other activists arrested in June. Mr. Sardeshmane said the analysis of the documents seized from the electronic devices “reveals” the conspiracy hatched by the CPI to form an “anti-fascist front” in order to overthrow the government established by the law, and efforts were made to establish the front through the Elgar Parishad organised on December 31, 2017.

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Rajasthan bypoll: Naresh Meena, who slapped SDM in Tonk, arrested after high drama
2 months ago

Rajasthan bypoll: Naresh Meena, who slapped SDM in Tonk, arrested after high drama

Hindustan Times  

Tonk violence: Naresh Meena, an Independent MLA candidate from Rajasthan’s Tonk district, was arrested on Thursday, a day after he allegedly slapped a sub-divisional magistrate during a bypoll polling in full view of camera crews. Four cases were registered against Naresh Meena, including for disrupting public work and damaging public property. How Rajasthan Police arrested Naresh Meena was arrested About …

Ex-MLA Patnam Narender Reddy arrested for Lagcherla attack, remand report links KT Rama Rao
2 months ago

Ex-MLA Patnam Narender Reddy arrested for Lagcherla attack, remand report links KT Rama Rao

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: BRS leader and former MLA Patnam Narender Reddy, who was named as A-1 in the Lagcherla attack case, has confessed to the police to having committed the offence with a criminal conspiracy in order to defame and destabilise the government to derive political mileage, as directed by their leader KT Rama Rao, the BRS working president, according to the …

55 people taken into custody for attacking officials in Vikarabad district
2 months ago

55 people taken into custody for attacking officials in Vikarabad district

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Vikarabad police on Tuesday detained 56 persons for attacking government officials including Vikarabad collector Prateek Jain and other officials at Lagcherla in Bomraspet mandal on Monday, after examining CCTV footage and collecting call records of the suspects. Sources said Suresh faced many cases including one of rape, Narender Reddy had reportedly helped him in these. When people from all …

Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: SC seeks NIA's stand on activist's plea seeking interim bail
7 months ago

Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: SC seeks NIA's stand on activist's plea seeking interim bail

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on June 14 asked the National Investigation Agency to take instructions on a plea filed by activist Mahesh Raut, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, seeking interim bail to attend rituals following the death of his grandmother. The top court in September last year extended the stay granted by the Bombay High Court on the …

Nine arrested for impersonating journalists, extortion in Varanasi
9 months ago

Nine arrested for impersonating journalists, extortion in Varanasi

Hindustan Times  

Nine youths, claiming to be journalists, allegedly involved in extorting money from vehicle drivers on a highway were arrested in Varanasi on Saturday, said police. For Representation Only The arrested individuals include Jitendra Sonkar, Lal Babu Sonkar, Dilip Kumar, Prakash Sharma, Gaurav Kumar Bharati, Akash Kumar Gautam, Anil Kashyap, Mridul Kumar Tiwari also known as Akash, and Swan Kumar Nayak. …

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

Free arrested activists or face ‘jail bharo’, says U.P. Dalit rights group
1 year, 2 months ago

Free arrested activists or face ‘jail bharo’, says U.P. Dalit rights group

The Hindu  

Ambedkar Jan Morcha, an organisation based in Gorakhpur fighting for the rights of Dalits and other marginalised groups, has threatened to launch a ‘jail bharo’ agitation if the Uttar Pradesh government fails to release its members and activists who were arrested following a stir this month. Ten persons, including the organisation’s convener, a retired IPS officer, and a French national, …

Accused leading sympathizers, trying to revive banned CPI (Maoist), says NIA
1 year, 4 months ago

Accused leading sympathizers, trying to revive banned CPI (Maoist), says NIA

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday claimed that several frontal organisations and students’ wings have been tasked to revive the banned organisation Communist Party of India in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, “with an intent to wage war against the government of India”. NIA on Ruesday conducted searches at eight locations in Prayagraj, Varanasi, Chandauli, Azamgarh and Deoria districts in UP …

MP: Man Attacked for 'Supporting' Nupur Sharma; 13 Booked, 2 Arrested
2 years, 5 months ago

MP: Man Attacked for 'Supporting' Nupur Sharma; 13 Booked, 2 Arrested

News 18  

A man was injured after he was attacked by a group of people armed with sharp-edged weapons for allegedly expressing support for former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in Madhya Pradesh’s Agar Malwa district on Wednesday, officials said. Following a complaint, the police filed a case against 13 people for the attack on the man identified as Ayush Jadam, 25, and …

Elgar Case: Accused Wanted to Create Unrest in Country, Overthrow Modi Govt, Says Court Citing Letter
2 years, 10 months ago

Elgar Case: Accused Wanted to Create Unrest in Country, Overthrow Modi Govt, Says Court Citing Letter

News 18  

A special court here has denied bail to three persons accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, saying that the material on record suggests that the trio, along with other members of the CPI, a banned organisation, hatched a "serious conspiracy" to create unrest in the country and to overthrow the Modi government. A letter placed on record prima facie …

Four SDPI activists held in Kerala BJP leader murder case
3 years ago

Four SDPI activists held in Kerala BJP leader murder case

The Hindu  

The Kerala police team, probing the murder of BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivas in Alappuzha on December 19, detained four SDPI activists on Tuesday. Sreenivas was hacked to death in his house at Vellakinar in Alappuzha allegedly in retaliation for the murder of Social Democratic Party of India State secretary K.S. On Monday, the police had arrested two RSS activists in …

3 Elgar Parishad case accused seek interim bail citing age-related risks in pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

3 Elgar Parishad case accused seek interim bail citing age-related risks in pandemic

India Today  

Elgar Parishad case accused, Professor Anand Teltumbde, activists Gautam Navlakha and Vernon Gonsalves have approached a special NIA court in Mumbai seeking interim bail. Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy, who was also arrested in the Elgar Parsihad case, died at a Mumbai hospital in the middle of his fight for bail on health grounds. The three, including 10 others, in …

Stan Swamy, accused in Elgar Parishad case, worked to promote Maoist activities: Officials
3 years, 6 months ago

Stan Swamy, accused in Elgar Parishad case, worked to promote Maoist activities: Officials

Firstpost  

The NHRC had asked the Maharashtra chief secretary to ensure every possible medical treatment to Swamy as part of life-saving measures and protection of his human rights Activist Stan Swamy, who died on Monday, was undergoing treatment at a hospital of his choosing and was given a wheelchair, walker and other medical equipment during his judicial custody in a Maharashtra …

Sharjeel Usmani booked in Pune over 'provocative speech' at Elgaar Parishad conclave
3 years, 11 months ago

Sharjeel Usmani booked in Pune over 'provocative speech' at Elgaar Parishad conclave

Firstpost  

Pradip Gavade, a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had filed a complaint with Swargate police station against Usmani for hurting religious sentiments Pune: A case for allegedly “promoting enmity between different groups” was registered against Aligarh university alumnus Sharjeel Usmani in Pune on Tuesday in connection with his speech at the recent Elgar Parishad conclave. Pradip Gavade, …

Case registered against Sharjeel Usmani in Pune for promoting enmity
3 years, 11 months ago

Case registered against Sharjeel Usmani in Pune for promoting enmity

India Today  

A case was registered against Aligarh Muslim University alumnus Sharjeel Usmani in Pune on Tuesday for allegedly 'promoting enmity between different groups' during his speech at the recent Elgar Parishad conclave. According to news agency PTI, the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra had demanded action against Usmani, accusing him of hurting religious sentiments. Pradip Gavade, a local leader of the …

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy files plea to use straw, sipper in jail due to health issues, NIA to reply by 26 Nov
4 years, 2 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy files plea to use straw, sipper in jail due to health issues, NIA to reply by 26 Nov

Firstpost  

Reports said that the 82-year-old activist, who is accused of “receiving funds for furthering the Maoist agenda”, has Parkinson’s disease which leads to shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with walking, balance, and coordination Eighty-two-year-old Father Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, has filed an application before a special court, seeking that he be allowed to use a …

Pinarayi Vijayan says arrest of tribal rights activist Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon case is 'unfortunate'
4 years, 3 months ago

Pinarayi Vijayan says arrest of tribal rights activist Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon case is 'unfortunate'

Firstpost  

Vijayan claimed the arrest of Swamy, who has been supporting the tribal agitations for land and forest rights, was a “move to muzzle dissenting voices” Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday termed as “unfortunate” the arrest of tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy for his alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima …

NIA Arrests 3 Kabir Kala Manch Activists in Elgar Parishad Case
4 years, 4 months ago

NIA Arrests 3 Kabir Kala Manch Activists in Elgar Parishad Case

The Quint  

The NIA, in its statement, said: During investigation, it was revealed that senior leaders of CPI, an organisation banned under the Unlawful Activities Act, were in contact with the organizers of Elgar Parishad as well as the accused arrested in the case so as to spread the ideology of Maoism/Naxalism and encourage unlawful activities. During further investigation, it was revealed …

NIA Summons Sons-in-Law of Poet and Activist Varavara Rao in Elgar Parishad Case
4 years, 4 months ago

NIA Summons Sons-in-Law of Poet and Activist Varavara Rao in Elgar Parishad Case

News 18  

Two sons-in-law of Telugu poet and writer Varavara Rao, who has been arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, on Monday said they have been issued notices by the NIA seeking their appearance before the agency. Varavara Rao and nine other activists have been arrested by Maharashtra police in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case which was initially probed by …

Elgar Parishad Case: NIA Conducts Search at DU Professor Hany Babu's House in Noida
4 years, 5 months ago

Elgar Parishad Case: NIA Conducts Search at DU Professor Hany Babu's House in Noida

News 18  

The NIA on Sunday searched the Noida residence of Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil, arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case, an official said. During the search at Hany Babu's house, the NIA seized one account ledger, one receipt book of the committee for the defence and release of Saibaba, several documents as well …

Elgar Parishad case: NIA conducts search at DU professor Hany Babu's Noida house
4 years, 5 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: NIA conducts search at DU professor Hany Babu's Noida house

India Today  

The NIA on Sunday searched the Noida residence of Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil, arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case, an official said. During the search at Hany Babu's house, the NIA seized one account ledger, one receipt book of the committee for the defence and release of Saibaba, several documents as well …

Bhima Koregaon violence accused activist Varavara Rao tests positive for coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence accused activist Varavara Rao tests positive for coronavirus

India Today  

Varavara Rao, activist and poet currently behind bars in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "Rao is asymptomatic and has general weakness," Dr Makeshwar added saying that the jailed activist's condition is stable and he is being treated. "We are providing best health facilities to him and by late night he may be …

Arrested for sedition in UP's Azamgarh district, maulana says he tried to defuse CAA, NRC protest, not instigate it
4 years, 6 months ago

Arrested for sedition in UP's Azamgarh district, maulana says he tried to defuse CAA, NRC protest, not instigate it

Firstpost  

Events are related to the sit-in protest called by a group of women in UP’s Azamgarh district to protest against CAA and NRC. “They said it is a peaceful protest that does not block any road neither does it cause any inconvenience,” Madni recollected, “They wanted to exercise their democratic right to protest.” But the administration wasn’t convinced. “They first …

India arrests activist Anand Teltumbde over 2018 caste violence
4 years, 9 months ago

India arrests activist Anand Teltumbde over 2018 caste violence

Al Jazeera  

Leading scholar and author, accused of having Maoist links and conspiring against government, surrenders in Mumbai. Teltumbde, who would turn 70 in July, is accused of having links with the extreme-left Maoist rebels and conspiring against the government, including “plotting the assassination” of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, I earnestly hope that you will speak out before your turn …

Bhima-Koregaon case: Meeting to review violence in Pune underway; Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and state HM Anil Deshmukh in attendance
4 years, 11 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 …

Police raids Osmania University professor C Kasim's residence in Hyderabad, detains him for suspected Maoist links
4 years, 11 months ago

Police raids Osmania University professor C Kasim's residence in Hyderabad, detains him for suspected Maoist links

Firstpost  

A professor of the Osmania University in Hyderabad was arrested on Saturday for suspected links with the Maoists, police said Hyderabad: A professor of the Osmania University here was arrested on Saturday for suspected links with the Maoists, police said. Associate Professor of Telugu department, C Kasim was allegedly involved in a case registered under Unlawful Activities Act among other …

FBI to help retrieving data from 'Urban Naxal' Varavarao Rao hard disk
5 years ago

FBI to help retrieving data from 'Urban Naxal' Varavarao Rao hard disk

Op India  

The Pune Police have decided to seek help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the domestic intelligence and security service of the US, to retrieve data from a damaged hard disk seized from the house of ‘Urban Naxal’ Varavara Rao, who is accused plotting to kill PM Modi and Elgar Parishad violence. Read: ‘Urban Naxals’ wanted to kill PM Modi …

Pune police to seek FBI's help in Elgar Parishad case
5 years ago

Pune police to seek FBI's help in Elgar Parishad case

India TV News  

Pune police may seek Federal Bureau of Investigation help to retrieve information from a computer disc that was seized in August 2018 from one of the accused in the Elgar Parishad case last year. After a go ahead from the Union Home Ministry, a two-member Pune police team comprising of a cop and forensic expert will take the disc to …

Activists' arrest in Elgar Parishad case wrong, form SIT to probe police action: Sharad Pawar
5 years ago

Activists' arrest in Elgar Parishad case wrong, form SIT to probe police action: Sharad Pawar

India TV News  

Terming the arrest of activists in the Elgar Parishad case "wrong" and "vengeful", NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday demanded that a Special Investigation Team be set up under a retired judge to probe the action taken by Pune police. "We will demand the chief minister that an SIT headed by a retired judge be instituted to probe the police …

Uddhav's govt to drop FIRs against Dalit activists in Bhima Koregaon case
5 years, 1 month ago

Uddhav's govt to drop FIRs against Dalit activists in Bhima Koregaon case

Op India  

In a decision which could have serious law and order implications, the newly elected Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday has reportedly assured senior NCP leadership that criminal cases filed against the Dalit ‘activists’ in connection with the violence at Bhima-Koregaon will be withdrawn at earliest. According to a Times of India report, the decision to withdraw cases against these …

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police raid activist Stan Swamy’s Ranchi residence; documents, electronic materials seized
5 years, 7 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 …

What Has Happened A Year After Bhima Koregaon Arrests?
5 years, 7 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 …

Bhima Koregaon violence: No relief for arrested ‘Urban Naxals’ as SC sets aside Bombay HC order refusing extra time to file chargesheet
5 years, 11 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: No relief for arrested ‘Urban Naxals’ as SC sets aside Bombay HC order refusing extra time to file chargesheet

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the Bombay High Court order refusing to grant 90 days extension to Maharashtra Police for filing the charge sheet in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, giving no relief to five arrested ‘Urban Naxals’ named in the violence, reports ANI. According to the reports, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi …

Bhima Koregaon violence 'deep-rooted conspiracy', says Bombay HC, dismisses Anand Teltumbde's plea seeking quashing of FIR
6 years ago

Bhima Koregaon violence 'deep-rooted conspiracy', says Bombay HC, dismisses Anand Teltumbde's plea seeking quashing of FIR

Firstpost  

Teltumbde had claimed that he was being falsely implicated in Bhima Koregaon case. Mumbai: The Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon violence, in which several rights activists are being investigated by the Pune Police, was a “deep-rooted” conspiracy which had “extremely serious repercussions”, the Bombay High Court has said. Expressing its satisfaction with the probe agency, the bench said that Pune Police had …

Koregaon Bhima case: Telugu poet Varavara Rao taken into custody by Pune Police
6 years, 1 month ago

Koregaon Bhima case: Telugu poet Varavara Rao taken into custody by Pune Police

India TV News  

Telugu poet Varavara Rao, accused of having Maoist links, was taken into custody Saturday by Pune police from Hyderabad in a case related to Elgar Parishad conclave, a senior official said here. On October 26, Pune police had taken into custody co-accused Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, while Sudha Bharadwaj was taken into custody the next day. Left-leaning activists Rao, …

Urban Naxal case: ‘Activist’ Varavara Rao arrested from Hyderabad, being taken to Pune
6 years, 1 month ago

Urban Naxal case: ‘Activist’ Varavara Rao arrested from Hyderabad, being taken to Pune

Op India  

The Pune police have made another arrest in the Koregaon Bhima Urban Naxal case. Late evening today, 17th November 2018, the police has arrested ‘activist’ Varavara Rao from his Hyderabad residence. The arrest of Varavara Rao comes after his house arrest extension granted by the Hyderabad High Court comes to an end today. There is heavy police security outside the …

Elgaar Parishad chargesheet: Arrested Urban Naxals were planning to incite Dalits, overthrow democratic system
6 years, 2 months ago

Elgaar Parishad chargesheet: Arrested Urban Naxals were planning to incite Dalits, overthrow democratic system

Op India  

The Pune city police on Thursday has filed a charge sheet against alleged five Urban Naxals arrested in June this year for their alleged Maoist links and in connection with their alleged involvement in a plot to kill Prime Minister Modi. Shivaji Pawar, Assistant Commissioner of Police and the investigating officer, said Pune Police recorded the statement of surrendered Maoist …

Activists’ Bhima Koregaon case: media asked to leave court as Ferreira alleges police violence
6 years, 2 months ago

Activists’ Bhima Koregaon case: media asked to leave court as Ferreira alleges police violence

Hindustan Times  

Civil rights activists Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, all accused of stoking the violence in the aftermath of the Bhima Koregaon event, were sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a Pune sessions court on Tuesday. Human rights activist Arun Ferreira alleges police violence in Bhima Koregaon case Accused Arun Ferreira alleged before the court that he …

Elgar Parishad's provocative' speeches led to Koregaon-Bhima violence: Pune cops
6 years, 2 months ago

Elgar Parishad's provocative' speeches led to Koregaon-Bhima violence: Pune cops

Deccan Chronicle  

Pune: The January 1 violence at Koregaon-Bhima near Pune was triggered by "provocative and inciting" speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave a day earlier, the Pune police told a judicial commission. Elaborating on the content of the affidavit, Hiray Sunday said, "During the investigation of the case, the Pune police realised that the Elgar Parishad itself was the product …

Bhima Koregaon violence case: Bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira rejected by Pune court
6 years, 2 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence case: Bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira rejected by Pune court

Firstpost  

Pune Sessions Court rejected the bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira who are three of the five activists arrested on 28 August in the Bhima Koregaon violence case Pune Sessions Court rejected the bail plea of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira who are three of the five activists arrested on 28 August …

Bhima Koregaon violence: Pune court rejects bail pleas of activists Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Sudha Bharadwaj
6 years, 2 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: Pune court rejects bail pleas of activists Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Sudha Bharadwaj

India TV News  

The Pune Sessions Court on Friday rejected bail pleas of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira in Elgar Parishad case, who are presently under house arrest following the Supreme Court's order in the Bhima Koregaon case. Earlier on Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected an urgent hearing on a review petition filed by historian Romila Thapar against the verdict …

Bhima Koregaon violence: Pune sessions court to hear bail applications of three activists on 26 October
6 years, 2 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: Pune sessions court to hear bail applications of three activists on 26 October

Firstpost  

The five accused were arrested from various cities for their alleged involvement in the violence during the 200th anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle. Pune: The Pune Sessions Court will pronounce the verdict on bail applications of Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Sudha Bharadwaj, three of the five activists arrested on 28 August in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, on …

No urgent hearing of review petition: SC to Romila Thapar on Urban Naxal case
6 years, 2 months ago

No urgent hearing of review petition: SC to Romila Thapar on Urban Naxal case

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Friday declined an urgent hearing of a review petition filed by historian Romila Thapar in the case of the arrests of five ‘Urban Naxals’ for their alleged role in the Bhima Koregaon violence. According to reports, Romila Thapar had filed a review petition seeking a review of the Supreme Court order of rejecting a SIT probe …

Koregaon Bhima: Prosecution submits email exchanges between arrested ‘activists’ and top Maoists
6 years, 2 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 …

Bhima Koregaon violence: While activists' arrests make headlines, Telangana workers jailed for similar charges languish
6 years, 2 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 …

Framing intellectuals in ‘Modi attack plot’ is ‘biggest fraud on people’: Maoists
6 years, 3 months ago

Framing intellectuals in ‘Modi attack plot’ is ‘biggest fraud on people’: Maoists

The Hindu  

The Communist Party of India on Tuesday said rights activists like Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj and others who were recently arrested by the Pune police for allegedly conspiring to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no connection with it. In a statement, the CPI Central Committee member described the implication of intellectuals like Varavara Rao and others in a ‘concocted’ …

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police says govt lawyers studying Delhi HC's order to free Gautam Navlakha from house arrest
6 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police says govt lawyers studying Delhi HC's order to free Gautam Navlakha from house arrest

Firstpost  

The Pune police said government lawyers in Maharashtra were studying the Delhi High Court’s Monday order freeing rights activist Gautam Navlakha, held in the Bhima Koregaon case, from house arrest. Pune: The Pune police said government lawyers in Maharashtra were studying the Delhi High Court’s Monday order freeing rights activist Gautam Navlakha, held in the Bhima Koregaon case, from house …

UAPA Being Misused to Confine Political Prisoners Endlessly: PUDR
6 years, 3 months ago

UAPA Being Misused to Confine Political Prisoners Endlessly: PUDR

The Quint  

Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on the arrest of the five activists in the Bhima-Koregaon case, the civil rights organization People’s Union for Democratic Rights, reiterated the “obvious flaws" and "possibilities of misuse” in the Unlawful Activities Act. In a 2:1 majority judgment, the Supreme Court, on 28 September, declined to set up a Special Investigation Team, allowing Pune police …

No court-monitored probe in Bhima-Koregaon
6 years, 3 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 …

Supreme Court reserves verdict on 5 activists’ arrests in Bhima-Koregaon case
6 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court reserves verdict on 5 activists’ arrests in Bhima-Koregaon case

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of five rights activists in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case and an SIT probe into their arrest. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, reserved the judgment after counsel for both parties including senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi, …

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