Bhima Koregaon raids: Original FIR over Elgar Parishad reveals member called for city to be 'burnt to ashes'
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: Original FIR over Elgar Parishad reveals member called for city to be 'burnt to ashes'

Firstpost  

On 8 January, 37-year-old Tushar Damgude filed a First Information Report at the Vishrambag police station in Sangli over the Elgaar Parishad. On 8 January, 37-year-old Tushar Damgude filed a First Information Report at the Vishrambag Police Station in Sangli over the Elgar Parishad — a conference held in Shaniwar Wada near Pune — on 31 December, 2017, to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon. He also alleged that one of the participants, Sudhir Dhawale, made the following statement at the conference: “Jab julm ho to, bagawat honi chahiyee shahar main, jab julm ho tom bagawat honi chahiye shahar main…aur agar bagawat na ho to, behatar hai kee, rat dhalane se pahele ye shahar jal ke rakh ho jaye…ye shahar jal ke rakh ho jaye.” In the FIR, the complainant alleged that some provocative and “objectionable” books had been sold during the programme, and also that the participants had raised provocative slogans, engaged in “songs and road-drama ” and tried to distort history. Those arrested were charged with a few other sections of the Indian Penal Code as well as sections under the Unlawful Activities Act for their “alleged Naxal activities”, the police official said, without elaborating.

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Book review: Bhima Koregaon and the prisoners of democracy
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Book review: Bhima Koregaon and the prisoners of democracy

Live Mint  

In the early years of the 19th century, it was a big deal for untouchables to be inducted into an army and treated no differently from caste Hindu soldiers. Ambedkar to turn the colonial memorial of a brief but far-reaching battle that had taken place at Bhima Koregaon near Pune on 1 January 1818 into an annual pilgrimage for Dalits. …

Bhima Koregaon case timeline
8 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case timeline

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, saying it might take several years for the trial to conclude considering the number of witnesses and other pertinent factors. Navlakha was arrested for allegedly making provocative remarks in December 2017 at an Elgar Parishad conference a day before violence …

The Bhima Koregaon case and what it tells us about democracy
9 months 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 …

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 …

Bhima Koregaon: Umar Khalid Claims He Was Invited To Elgar Parishad By Former Judge Of Bombay High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Bhima Koregaon: Umar Khalid Claims He Was Invited To Elgar Parishad By Former Judge Of Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The National Investigating Agency submitted a bunch of additional documents and witness statements to the court in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case, in which student rights activist Umar Khalid claims that he heard that BJP-RSS persons had attacked visitors at the Bhima-Koregaon, near Pune. While it is the agency's case that inflammatory speeches at the Elgar Parishad …

Anand Teltumbde Seeks Temporary Bail To Visit Mother After Brother's Encounter Killing
3 years, 1 month ago

Anand Teltumbde Seeks Temporary Bail To Visit Mother After Brother's Encounter Killing

Live Law  

Anand Teltumbde, Dalit scholar and accused in the Bhima Koregaon - Elgar Parishad case has sought the special NIA court's permission for temporary bail to visit his 90-year-old mother for 15 days following brother - Milind's - death in an encounter. In his application before Special NIA judge DE Kothalikar, Teltumbde said that his father and youngest brother passed away …

Witness Before Probe Panel Accuses Sambhaji Bhide & Milind Ekbote Of Instigating Bhima Koregaon Riots
3 years, 3 months ago

Witness Before Probe Panel Accuses Sambhaji Bhide & Milind Ekbote Of Instigating Bhima Koregaon Riots

Live Law  

The Pune police "took away" research papers and evidence that revealed right-wing extremist leaders Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote instigated and initiated the riots at Bhima Koregaon in Pune, on January 1, 2018, an anti-caste activist alleged before an inquiry panel, on Wednesday. "Pursuant to the FIR, Police Officers from Swargate Police Station, conducted a raid on my office at …

Bhima Koregaon Case : Bombay High Court Directs Taloja Prison To Ensure Proper Medical Treatment For Prof Hany Babu
3 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Case : Bombay High Court Directs Taloja Prison To Ensure Proper Medical Treatment For Prof Hany Babu

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered Delhi University Associate Professor Hany Babu to be re-lodged in Taloja Prison following the report of a private hospital that he is 'fit for discharge'. On Tuesday, Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar disposed of Babu's wife – Jenny Rowena's plea- seeking interim medical bail for him after Breach Candy's doctors certified that …

Bhima Koregaon case: Kin of accused move Bombay HC against plan to shift them to 'unspecified prison'
3 years, 5 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Kin of accused move Bombay HC against plan to shift them to 'unspecified prison'

India Today  

The family members of Anand Teltumbde, Surendra Gadling and Sudhir Dhawale have approached the Bombay High Court to challenge the permission granted by a special NIA court to transfer the three from Taloja Jail in Mumbai to any other “unspecified prison” in Maharashtra. Anand Teltumbde, Surendra Gadling and Sudhir Dhawale are accused in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case. That …

Bhima Koregaon Case : Bombay High Court Reserves Order On Surendra Gadling's Bail Plea To Attend Mother's Death Anniversary
3 years, 5 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Case : Bombay High Court Reserves Order On Surendra Gadling's Bail Plea To Attend Mother's Death Anniversary

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved for orders the temporary bail appeal of Bhima Koregaon- Elgar Parishad Case accused – Advocate Surendra Gadling to perform his mother's funeral rites on her first death anniversary on August 15, 2021. Gadling filed an appeal under Section 21 of the NIA Act challenging the Special Judge DE Kothalikar's order, refusing him emergency …

Aakar Patel | The weak case that kept Stan Swamy in jail, where he died
3 years, 6 months ago

Aakar Patel | The weak case that kept Stan Swamy in jail, where he died

Deccan Chronicle  

Stan Swamy, who died around a week ago after being denied bail in the Bhima Koregaon case, was a Tamil priest who spent decades working with adivasis in Jharkhand. The third event was a police complaint, filed a few days later, by a man who said the Elgar Parishad’s agenda was “to mislead the dalit community, to convert them to …

Bhima Koregaon Accused Challenges NIA Court's Refusal To Allow Him To Join Family For Mother's Last Rites
3 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Accused Challenges NIA Court's Refusal To Allow Him To Join Family For Mother's Last Rites

Live Law  

A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar briefly heard Gadling's appeal filed under Section 21 of the NIA Act and granted the NIA two weeks to file its response, if any. Malware on Gadling's Laptop, Claims Forensic Firm in US In its third report related to planting of incriminating material against those accused in the Bhima Koregaon …

Arrest to death: Father Stan Swamy timeline
3 years, 6 months ago

Arrest to death: Father Stan Swamy timeline

The Hindu  

Tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy passed away at a private hospital in Mumbai on July 5, 2021, when his interim bail plea was scheduled to be heard on the day. The 84-year-old activist, who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease was among several intellectuals in judicial custody for their alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon violence. Here …

Sudha Bharadwaj's 3 Co-Prisoners Tested COVID Positive : Daughter Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Release On Medical Grounds
3 years, 8 months ago

Sudha Bharadwaj's 3 Co-Prisoners Tested COVID Positive : Daughter Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Release On Medical Grounds

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj's latest medical report from the Maharashtra Government on a plea seeking her interim release on medical bail from Byculla women's prison. The petition filed by her daughter Maaysha Singh, invoking Article 226 of the Constitution, states that the sixty-year-old Bharadwaj, who has diabetes, hypertension, ischemic heart disease and a history …

BREAKING : NIA Court Refuses Bail To Stan Swamy In Bhima Koregaon Case
3 years, 9 months ago

BREAKING : NIA Court Refuses Bail To Stan Swamy In Bhima Koregaon Case

Live Law  

The Special NIA Court Mumbai on Monday refused to grant bail to 83-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist, from Ranchi, in Jharkhand, accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgaar Parishad case. Special Judge under the NIA Act DE Kothlikar passed the order dismissing the bail application, which had also cited medical grounds on account of Parkinsons disease …

Bhima Koregaon case: planted evidence?
3 years, 10 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: planted evidence?

The Hindu  

Rona Wilson, the New Delhi-based activist who was arrested in June 2018 for his alleged connections with banned extreme Left organisations, has steadfastly maintained that the evidence against him is fabricated and the charges are false. Arsenal has connected the same attacker to a significant malware infrastructure, which has been deployed over the course of approximately four years to not …

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA chargesheet alleges link to Pakistan's ISI
4 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA chargesheet alleges link to Pakistan's ISI

Op India  

A mammoth 10,000-page supplementary charge sheet was filed by the National Investigation Agency on Friday against eight accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, including Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, Hany Babu and Stan Swamy. The NIA charge sheet mentioned that the accused had “active links” with banned outfit Communist Party of India. In its charge sheet, the National Investigation Agency has charged …

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha, 6 others
4 years, 3 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 …

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Academics sign petition urging Centre to stop targeting critics
4 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Academics sign petition urging Centre to stop targeting critics

India Today  

About 2,000 academics from top institutions in India and abroad have signed petitions demanding federal authorities stop targeting people critical of the government as part of a widening investigation into caste clashes two years ago. The National Investigation Agency has arrested more than a dozen people, including scholars and human rights campaigners, saying they had ties to Maoist guerrillas and …

Centre transfers Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case to NIA
4 years, 11 months ago

Centre transfers Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case to NIA

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: On a day the Maharashtra government dubbed Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad cases as 'BJP's conspiracy', the centre on Friday decided to transfer the politically sensitive Elgar Parishad case to central agency-National Investigating Agency. On Thursday, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh reviewed the Bhima Koregaon and Elgar Parishad cases. Recently, the Maharashtra police had told …

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 …

202nd anniversary of Bhima Koregaon battle: Ajit Pawar, Prakash Ambedkar visit war memorial amid tight security
5 years ago

202nd anniversary of Bhima Koregaon battle: Ajit Pawar, Prakash Ambedkar visit war memorial amid tight security

Firstpost  

Thousands of people visit Bhima Koregaon village to offer their tributes on the anniversary of the battle, which was fought on 1 January, 1818, between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy. Pune: Lakhs of people paid their tributes on Wednesday at the “Jaystambh” in Perne village in Pune district of Maharashtra on the …

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: Bombay High Court denies bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves
5 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay High Court denies bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves

Firstpost  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday denied bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday denied bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case. The single-judge bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing …

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police raids home of Delhi University professor Hany Babu, recovers electronic devices
5 years, 4 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 …

Searched My House Without Warrant: DU Prof Hany Babu on Raids
5 years, 4 months ago

Searched My House Without Warrant: DU Prof Hany Babu on Raids

The Quint  

Pune Assistant Commissioner of Police Shivaji Pawar said no arrest was made during the search operation at 45-year-old Babu's house in Sector 78 of Noida, adjoining the national capital, early in the morning. The search was conducted at his residence in connection with offences registered at Pune's Vishrambaug police station under Indian Penal Code sections 120B, 121 and 121A, 124A, …

Bhima Koregaon case: Accused activists refuse to depose before inquiry committee as latest round of hearings conclude in Pune
5 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Accused activists refuse to depose before inquiry committee as latest round of hearings conclude in Pune

Firstpost  

Another round of the hearing of the Bhima Koregaon Inquiry Commission concluded in Pune after it assembled for two days on 6 and 7 September Another round of the hearing of the Bhima Koregaon Inquiry Commission concluded in Pune after it assembled for two days on 6 and 7 September. We will shortly begin the examinations of government office bearers.” …

Bhima Koregaon case: Accused Surendra Gadling refuses to depose before commission probing Elgar Parishad-Maoist link
5 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Accused Surendra Gadling refuses to depose before commission probing Elgar Parishad-Maoist link

Firstpost  

Surendra Gadling, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, told the commission probing the Bhima Koregaon violence on Friday that he did not want to depose as it would prejudice his case before the trial court Pune, Sep 6 Surendra Gadling, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, told the commission probing the Bhima Koregaon violence on Friday …

As Bhima Koregaon case accused await bail hearings, families decry dehumanising jail conditions
5 years, 6 months ago

As Bhima Koregaon case accused await bail hearings, families decry dehumanising jail conditions

Firstpost  

Conversations with family members of those accused in the Bhima Koregaon case reveal the problems they face, from the lack of chairs and bedding in jail cells to the long wait for copies of data seized by the police ‘Nyayadhin Bandi Kothdi,’ says a board tucked away in a secluded corner of the Sessions Court complex at Shivajinagar, Pune. In …

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 …

Bhima-Koregaon case: Maharasthra police search Stan Swamy’s Ranchi house
5 years, 7 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 …

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: Sarpanch, who signed fraudulent letter, doesn't rule out conspiracy behind 2018 clashes
6 years ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: Sarpanch, who signed fraudulent letter, doesn't rule out conspiracy behind 2018 clashes

Firstpost  

The sarpanch of Bhima Koregaon did not deny the conspiracy behind the violence on 1 January, 2018, which many believe was a pre-planned attack on Dalit pilgrims by upper caste mobs. On 30 December, 2017, the Bhima Koregaon Gram Panchayat, on its letterhead, submitted a letter to Shikrapur police station, which read, “To avoid law and order situation because of …

Bhima Koregaon to host lakhs of Dalits on 1 January; cops tighten security, monitor 'provocative' social media posts
6 years ago

Bhima Koregaon to host lakhs of Dalits on 1 January; cops tighten security, monitor 'provocative' social media posts

Firstpost  

After the violence at Bhima Koregaon last year, Dalit groups from across Maharashtra are likely to throng the destination this time to make a statement, and the police have their work cut out for them. At a joint press conference at the collector’s office on Saturday, Patil, Inspector General Vishwas Nangre Patil and Collector Naval Kishor Ram asserted that the …

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

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Ahead of first anniversary of clashes, Pune Police on alert to prevent untoward incidents
6 years ago

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Ahead of first anniversary of clashes, Pune Police on alert to prevent untoward incidents

Firstpost  

Violence had marred the bicentenary celebration of the battle of Bhima-Koregaon and its repercussions had haunted Maharashtra for the next few months. Pune: Ahead of the first anniversary of the Bhima-Koregaon caste clashes on 1 January, Pune Police are on alert to ensure that there is no recurrence of the violence witnessed on the first day of 2018. A case …

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 …

After last year’s ‘Elgar Parishad’, Bhim Army planning ‘Mahasabha’ to mark Bhima Koregaon anniversary
6 years, 1 month ago

After last year’s ‘Elgar Parishad’, Bhim Army planning ‘Mahasabha’ to mark Bhima Koregaon anniversary

Op India  

To mark the upcoming Bhima Koregaon battle’s 201st anniversary on January 1, the Dalit organisation Bhim Army has announced that its founder Chandrashekhar Azad alias Ravan would address a rally in Pune. Last year the Dalit groups had organised ‘Elgaar Parishad’ on December 31 at Shaniwarwada in Pune to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Bhima Koregaon battle. Gujarat MLA and …

FIR registered against AAP MLA Somnath Bharti for insulting and outraging modesty of a woman
6 years, 1 month ago

FIR registered against AAP MLA Somnath Bharti for insulting and outraging modesty of a woman

Op India  

An FIR is filed against Aam Admi Party MLA Somnath Bharti for insulting and outraging the modesty of a woman journalist. As per a copy tweeted by AAP rebel leader Kapil Mishra, the FIR has been filed under sections 504 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code. FIR registered against Somnath Bharti – A habitual offender u/s 504, 509 IPC …

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, …

Bhima-Koregaon case: Charge sheet filed against activists
6 years, 2 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon case: Charge sheet filed against activists

The Hindu  

The Pune Police on Thursday filed a 5,000-page charge sheet against five activists arrested on June 6 for their alleged linkages with the outlawed Communist Party of India and the Bhima-Koregaon clashes of January 1. On September 2, the court had granted the police a 90-day extension for filing a chargesheet against the Dalit activist-publisher Sudhir Dhawale, human rights lawyer …

Angry villagers kill tigress in Uttar Pradesh's Dudhwa for attacking man; FIR lodged against 12
6 years, 2 months ago

Angry villagers kill tigress in Uttar Pradesh's Dudhwa for attacking man; FIR lodged against 12

Firstpost  

The tigress was allegedly killed by a mob of angry villagers Sunday evening after it attacked Devanand of Chaltua village, located in the Kishanpur sanctuary area of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. Meanwhile, a post-mortem of the tigress was performed at the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve office in Paliya town as per the procedure laid down by the National Tiger Conservation Authority …

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 arrests: SC stays Bombay HC order disallowing Pune Police more time to file charges against 5 activists
6 years, 2 months ago

Bhima Koregaon arrests: SC stays Bombay HC order disallowing Pune Police more time to file charges against 5 activists

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court also issued a notice to activist Gautam Navlakha, also an accused in the Bhima Koragaon case, on the Maharashtra government’s petition challenging his release from house arrest. The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Bombay High Court order refusing to give the Pune Police 90 extra days to complete its investigation and file a chargesheet against activists …

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 …

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 …

Bhima Koregaon violence: What happened on 1 January and the events that followed
6 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: What happened on 1 January and the events that followed

Firstpost  

On 31 December, 2017, a conference called Elgar Parishad was held in Shaniwar Wada near Pune to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon-Bhima. On 31 December, 2017, a conference called Elgar Parishad was held at Shaniwar Wada near Pune to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon-Bhima. In a joint statement, the activists stated that …

[Bhima Koregaon][Session-1, Part-II] Lawyers Question The Propriety Of Second FIR
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[Bhima Koregaon][Session-1, Part-II] Lawyers Question The Propriety Of Second FIR

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Senior Advocate Anand Grover questioned the propriety of the second FIR registered on January 8 by Tushar Damgude, implicating certain activists for provocative speeches, after the first one on January 2-“Your Lordships have held that once a FIR has been lodged, there may not be another FIR for the same transaction and consequently, there can be. Senior Advocate Anand Grover …

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