Bhima Koregaon violence: Maoists were conspiring to overthrow 'established govt' by disturbing law and order, says Maharashtra police
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: Maoists were conspiring to overthrow 'established govt' by disturbing law and order, says Maharashtra police

India TV News  

Justifying the arrest of five activists in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence, the Maharashtra Police on Friday claimed that they were all associated with Maoists who hatched the conspiracy for the violence that took place in January this year. Talking to media persons, Maharashtra Police ADG Param Bir Singh said that there is clear evidence to establish the arrested person’s connection with the Maoists. Param Bir Singh added that the Maoists wanted to overthrow the "established government" using its overground cadres by creating chaos and disturbing law and order. Watch: Maoists were conspiring to overthrow 'established govt', says Maharashtra police The ADG also disclosed that almost all the accused were associated with Kabir Kala Manch.

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Jharkhand: 244 Maoists, 154 gangsters arrested in 2024
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Jharkhand: 244 Maoists, 154 gangsters arrested in 2024

Hindustan Times  

The police have claimed that it made significant strides in addressing the menace of Left Wing extremism in 2024, arresting 244 Maoists, including key leaders. Representational image: Jharkhand police have claimed that it made significant strides in addressing the menace of Left Wing extremism in 2024 Among those arrested were one Special Area Committee member, two zonal commanders, six sub-zonal …

Maoists kill two on suspicion of being police informers in T’gana: Cops
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maoists kill two on suspicion of being police informers in T’gana: Cops

Hindustan Times  

Maoists allegedly hacked to death two men in Mulug district of Telangana over suspicions that they working as police informers, police said on Friday. Maoists kill two on suspicion of being police informers in T’gana: Cops According to officials, the incident took place at the Penugolu village in the district near the state’s border with Chhattisgarh. The letters alleged that …

17 militia members of CPI (Maoist) surrender before police in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharama Raju district
3 months, 2 weeks ago

17 militia members of CPI (Maoist) surrender before police in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharama Raju district

The Hindu  

Seventeen militia members of the Pedabayalu Area Committee of the banned CPI voluntarily surrendered before Amit Bardar, Superintendent of Police of Alluri Sitharama Raju district, on October 1. Addressing the media here, Mr. Amit Bardar said these militia members, who were allegedly involved in several offences in the Ginelakota, Landulu, and Injari areas, chose to leave the Maoist movement “disillusioned …

Telangana: Six Maoists gunned down in first major encounter since 2018
4 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Six Maoists gunned down in first major encounter since 2018

Hindustan Times  

Six members of the Communist Party of India were killed in an encounter with security forces in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district bordering Chhattisgarh on Thursday, the police said. This was the first major encounter in Telangana since 2018; 10 Maoists were killed in an encounter in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district in March 2018. Barring these, there has been virtually no major …

6 Maoists killed in gunfight with police in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district
4 months, 1 week ago

6 Maoists killed in gunfight with police in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district

The Hindu  

The CPI Bhadradri-Kothagudem Alluri Sitarama Raju divisional committee suffered a major blow on Thursday when six of its cadres were killed in an exchange of fire with the police in the forest area near Mothe village in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district. The police recovered five weapons, including two AK 47 rifles, one each SLR and.303 rifles and one pistol, as …

4 Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand, 2 arrested: Police
6 months, 4 weeks ago

4 Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand, 2 arrested: Police

Hindustan Times  

Four members of outlawed CPI, including a female Maoist, were killed in a gunfight with joint security forces of the district police, Central Reserve Police Force and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action battalions inside Saranda forest in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Monday morning, police said. “Our joint forces have gunned down four Maoists, including a Maoist zonal commander, …

6 of 8 Maoists killed in Narayanpur encounter identified: Chhattisgarh police
6 months, 4 weeks ago

6 of 8 Maoists killed in Narayanpur encounter identified: Chhattisgarh police

Hindustan Times  

The Chhattisgarh police on Sunday identified six Maoists among the eight who were killed in Saturday’s encounter in Narayanpur district, officials said on Saturday. We have recovered one INSAS rifle, two pieces of 303 rifle, three pieces of 315 bore rifle, one BGL launcher along with a large quantity of explosives and other daily useful materials from the spot,” the …

3 Maoists, including 2 women, killed in encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
8 months ago

3 Maoists, including 2 women, killed in encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli

Hindustan Times  

Three suspected Maoists, including two women, were killed in an encounter with security forces in a forest area in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, bordering Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, on Monday, police said. The Superintendent of Police, Neelotpal, said that based on intelligence indicating the presence of members of the banned CPI group, specifically the Perimili Dalam, planning their Tactical Counter Offensive …

4 suspected Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Gadchiroli: Police
9 months, 4 weeks ago

4 suspected Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Gadchiroli: Police

Hindustan Times  

At least four suspected Maoists, two of whom were members of the banned CPI, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Tuesday morning, police said. Superintendent of police, Gadchiroli, Neelotpal, informed that the suspected Maoists killed had a collective bounty of ₹36 lakh. The district police superintendent stated that they received information on Monday …

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 …

3 Maoists killed in encounter with Odisha intelligence personnel in Kalahandi
1 year, 8 months ago

3 Maoists killed in encounter with Odisha intelligence personnel in Kalahandi

Hindustan Times  

At least three Maoists, including a senior cadre, were killed while a deputy superintendent of police -rank officer sustained injuries in an encounter with security personnel of the state intelligence wing in Odisha’s Kalahandi district in the wee hours of Tuesday. The encounter with Maoists happened in Taperenga-Ludengad forest under Madanpur Rampur police station area of Kalahandi bordering Kandhamal district …

Maoists wanted in over 20 cases of murder, arrested from Bihar’s Gaya
1 year, 9 months ago

Maoists wanted in over 20 cases of murder, arrested from Bihar’s Gaya

Hindustan Times  

Bihar police in a joint operation with the Central Reserve Police Force and the Special Task Force arrested two Maoist from Gaya district wanted in over 20 cases in Bihar and Jharkhand. According to the police, the duo were involved in over 18 cases of murder, landmine explosion and attack on forces Senior superintendent of police Ashish Bharti on Saturday …

Jharkhand: Leader of Banned Maoist Group Killed in Gunfight with Security Forces
1 year, 11 months ago

Jharkhand: Leader of Banned Maoist Group Killed in Gunfight with Security Forces

News 18  

An area commander of the banned People’s Liberation Front of India, a splinter group of CPI, was killed in a gunfight between the members of the outfit and security forces in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Vishal Sharma alias Vishal Sahu, who was wanted in several cases and was active in Budmu, Thakurgaon …

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 …

5 suspected Maoists killed in an encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
3 years, 9 months ago

5 suspected Maoists killed in an encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli

Hindustan Times  

At least five suspected Maoists, including two women, were gunned down in an exchange of fire with police in Khobramendha jungle under Kurkheda tehsil in Gadchiroli district, bordering Chhattisgarh, approximately 350km from Nagpur on Monday morning. Deputy inspector general police, Gadchiroli range, Sandip Patil said that the Kurkheda police station had received a tip off regarding the presence of several …

Maoists kill panchayat member in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district
3 years, 9 months ago

Maoists kill panchayat member in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district

Hindustan Times  

Maoists allegedly killed a member of the zila panchayat in Bijapur district of Bastar region after accusing him of being an informer, police officials said on Saturday. Police said the incident took place on Friday night in Taalnar village of Bijapur district. Additional Superintendent of Police, Bijapur, Pankaj Shukla said that Budharam Kashyap, member of Bijapur zila panchayat and was …

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 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 …

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 …

Police officer suspended for Maharashtra Day Maoist attack
5 years, 6 months ago

Police officer suspended for Maharashtra Day Maoist attack

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Government on Friday announced action against a sub-divisional police officer in the state's Gadchiroli who allegedly flouted procedures which led to the May 1 Maoist attack in which 15 security personnel were killed. Minister of State for Home Deepak Kesarkar announced in the Legislative Council that Kurkheda SDPO Shailesh Kale will be suspended for not following the standard …

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 case: Maharashtra Police tells Bombay High Court that activists were mobilising Dalits to 'overthrow govt'
5 years, 10 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Maharashtra Police tells Bombay High Court that activists were mobilising Dalits to 'overthrow govt'

Firstpost  

Apart from Arun Ferriera, the police earlier arrested eight other activists, including Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj, P Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde in connection with the Bhima Koregaon clashes Mumbai: Maharashtra Police on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that activists arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence and Maoist links were mobilising Dalits to achieve the motive …

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 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, …

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 …

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 violence: Testimony of witnesses begins; public prosecutor claims 'third group' was behind incident
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: Testimony of witnesses begins; public prosecutor claims 'third group' was behind incident

Firstpost  

Manisha Khopkar, a 40-year-old graphics designer from Maharashtra’s Thane district in her testimony said that people carrying saffron flags were not the ones to pelt stones at her and 48 others who travelled to Bhima Koregaon on 1 January. Manisha Khopkar, 40, whose daughter was injured in the violence testified in front of the committee that people carrying saffron flags …

Maha police’s chilling affidavit to SC: ‘Activists’ gave input for ‘armed struggle’, smuggling of weapons and more
6 years, 4 months ago

Maha police’s chilling affidavit to SC: ‘Activists’ gave input for ‘armed struggle’, smuggling of weapons and more

Op India  

Maharashtra Police has submitted an affidavit in Supreme Court in relation to the recent arrest of five activists in the Bhima Bhima Koregaon case. Maharashtra government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the five rights activists were arrested due to the cogent evidence linking them with the banned CPI and not because of their dissenting views. The state’s response …

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Maharashtra Police files affidavit in SC, says it has sufficient evidence to establish Maoist links
6 years, 4 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 …

5 activists arrested for Maoist links, not for expressing 'dissent': Maharashtra Police to Supreme Court
6 years, 4 months ago

5 activists arrested for Maoist links, not for expressing 'dissent': Maharashtra Police to Supreme Court

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Police on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the five rights activists arrested in raids last month from across the country had links with Maoists. The Maharashtra Police categorically told the top court that the activists were arrested for their Maoist links and not for expressing 'dissent'. The Maharashtra Police had on August 28 raided the homes of …

Bhima Koregaon violence: Dalit intellectuals dismiss Maharashtra Police's claims of instigation by radical Left
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: Dalit intellectuals dismiss Maharashtra Police's claims of instigation by radical Left

Firstpost  

The base of all the press statements made by the Maharashtra Police is that these ‘Maoists and Maoist-sympathisers’ instigated Dalits to riot at Bhima Koregaon, through their anti-State songs at Elgar Parishad, a programme organised by individuals and organisations in Pune on 31 December, 2017, a day before commemoration of Shourya Divas at Bhima Koregaon. But the base of all …

Activists’ Arrest: ‘Larger Conspiracy’ Unearthed, Cops Claim
6 years, 4 months ago

Activists’ Arrest: ‘Larger Conspiracy’ Unearthed, Cops Claim

The Quint  

Meanwhile, a senior police officer, who is privy to the investigation, said the police have "conclusive evidence" to prove that the Bhima Koregaon violence on January 1, 2018 was "pre-planned". "The result of all this we saw on the next day at Bhima Koregaon in the form of the caste violence," he said. The Pune Police had yesterday said it …

Bhima Koregaon raids: Pune Police says it has evidence about 'larger conspiracy' to mobilise cadres against forces
6 years, 4 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 …

Long before Bhima Koregaon riot, 128 organisations with ties to CPI (Maoist) were put on watch list by UPA-II
6 years, 4 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 …

Activists arrest: Pune court orders police to comply with Supreme Court direction
6 years, 4 months ago

Activists arrest: Pune court orders police to comply with Supreme Court direction

The Hindu  

The sessions court at Shivaji Nagar here on Wednesday directed the Pune police to place under “house arrest” three of the alleged “urban Maoists” arrested on Tuesday, following a Supreme Court order. Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Varavara Rao were produced in the Pune court, where police sought 15-day custody for further interrogation. Accusing the three of waging war against …

Bhima Koregaon raids an attempt to divert attention from Sanatan Sanstha probe, says Prakash Ambedkar
6 years, 4 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 …

Bhima Koregaon raids: P Chidambaram condemns arrests of activists, defends right to hold extreme views
6 years, 4 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 …

Bhima Koregaon raids: NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra govt and DGP, says SOP not followed in arrests of activists
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra govt and DGP, says SOP not followed in arrests of activists

Firstpost  

The NHRC on Wednesday issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the state’s police chief, saying standard operating procedure was not “properly followed” in the arrests of five activists The NHRC on Wednesday issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the state’s police chief, saying standard operating procedure was not “properly followed” in the arrests of five activists and this …

Bhima Koregaon raids: Advocate Susan Abraham says arrests of activists carried out under 'pressure from government'
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon raids: Advocate Susan Abraham says arrests of activists carried out under 'pressure from government'

Firstpost  

The arrests of five activists from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence by the Pune Police was done “under government’s pressure,” said advocate Susan Abraham, who is the wife of Vernon Gonsalves — one of the activists arrested. Mumbai: The arrests of five activists from various cities across India in connection with the Bhima Koregaon …

Rahul Gandhi condemns arrest of activists in Bhima Koregaon probe, says 'New India' has place only for one NGO, which is RSS
6 years, 4 months ago

Rahul Gandhi condemns arrest of activists in Bhima Koregaon probe, says 'New India' has place only for one NGO, which is RSS

Firstpost  

As a probe into the Bhima Koregaon violence, the Maharashtra Police on Tuesday raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least five of them. New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the government over the arrest of prominent Left-wing activists for suspected Maoist links, saying that in the “new India”, …

What happened at Bhima Koregaon
6 years, 4 months ago

What happened at Bhima Koregaon

India Today  

In a nationwide crackdown by Maharashtra police, five prominent Left-wing activists were arrested yesterday, August 28 in connection with violence at Bhima Koregaon on January 1 this year. Read | Bhima Koregaon: How symbol of British imperialism became emblem of Dalit pride Sambhaji Maharaj, a Maratha hero and the son of Chhatrapati Shivaji, had been murdered on the orders of …

Bhima Koregaon violence: 'There is place for only one NGO in 'new India'-RSS, says Rahul Gandhi
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: 'There is place for only one NGO in 'new India'-RSS, says Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Hitting out at the government over the arrest of prominent Left-wing activists for suspected Maoist links, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that in the 'new India', there was place for only one NGO- the RSS. Earlier in the day, the Maharashtra Police raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least five of …

Bhima Koregaon Raids LIVE Updates: Late Night Drama in Faridabad as Cops Drag Sudha Bharadwaj to Court Despite HC Order
6 years, 4 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 …

Bhima Koregaon violence: Police conduct searches at residences of activists across India, 5 arrested
6 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon violence: Police conduct searches at residences of activists across India, 5 arrested

India TV News  

The Pune Police today raided the residences of nine activists for their alleged links with Maoists and their 'involvement' in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The raids were conducted in Delhi, Faridabad, Goa, Mumbai, Thane, Ranchi and Hyderabad based on the Pune Police's investigation in the Bhima Koregaon violence in which Dalit activists clashed with Marathas on …

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Pune Police questions Elgar Parishad organisers, summons members of Kabir Kala Manch, Bhim Army
6 years, 7 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Pune Police questions Elgar Parishad organisers, summons members of Kabir Kala Manch, Bhim Army

Firstpost  

Pune police, probing the alleged “Maoist link” to the Elgar Parishad, questioned members of organisations who were part of the committee of the event. Pune: Pune police, probing the alleged “Maoist link” to the Elgar Parishad held in December 2017, on Wednesday questioned members of some organisations who were part of the organising committee of the event. As per the …

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