‘This is not a case of arrest because of dissent’: SC refuses to interfere with arrest of Urban Naxals
Op IndiaHearing the case on the arrest of five ‘activists’ linked to the Bhima Koregaon violence on January 1, 2018, the Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the arrests. According to reports, the apex court also refused to constitute SIT and asked the Pune police to go ahead with their probe. Supreme Court extends house arrest for four weeks of five activists Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha in Bhima-Koregaon case. SC refuses to constitute SIT & asks Pune police to go ahead with the probe https://t.co/mnH3wryQNZ — ANI September 28, 2018 The apex court has extended the house arrest of the arrested persons Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha for another four weeks.