Arrested ‘Urban Maoists’ planned event at JNU to instigate students to join the left wing terrorists : Pune Police
6 years, 7 months ago

Arrested ‘Urban Maoists’ planned event at JNU to instigate students to join the left wing terrorists : Pune Police

Op India  

The Pune police on Tuesday told a Maharashtra sessions court that the five arrested ‘Urban Maoists’ had planned an event at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in memory of dead Naxal leader Naveen Babu, Times of India has reported. As per the district prosecutor – Ujjwala Pawar, the accused were operating under direct instructions from the CPI, to “instigate, provoke and influence” the students to join the left-wing terrorist organisation. The five suspected ‘Urban Maoists’ were arrested by the Pune police on 6 June, over charges of organising the Elgaar Parishad held at Pune’s Shaniwarwada on 31 December 2017, which is believed to have instigated the Bhima-Koregaon violence a day later. Those five arrested have been identified as Delhi based activist Rona Wilson, advocate Surendra Gadling, professor Shoma Sen and Mahesh Raut from Nagpur and Mumbai’s Sudhir Dhavle.

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Students Have Understood JNU Not a Place for 'Anti-national' Activities, Says Chancellor V K Saraswat
2 years, 5 months ago

Students Have Understood JNU Not a Place for 'Anti-national' Activities, Says Chancellor V K Saraswat

News 18  

Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University have understood the message that the university is a place for a free exchange of ideas but it cannot be used for activities that are ‘anti-national’ or against the ‘interest of the nation’s sovereignty, its chancellor V K Saraswat has said. Read: ‘We are Nationalists First,’ Says JNU VC, Backs ‘Multiple Narratives’ Beyond ‘Left-hegemonic’ Ones …

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 …

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 …

About 100 JNU students detained, some injured in lathicharge by police
5 years, 1 month ago

About 100 JNU students detained, some injured in lathicharge by police

India Today  

Around 100 Jawaharlal Nehru University students, including students union president Aishe Ghosh, were detained and some were injured after police allegedly lathicharged protestors on Monday. In the morning, a large number of students gathered at JNU to march towards Parliament on the first day of Winter Session on Monday demanding a total rollback of the hostel fee hike, even though …

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’ …

Supreme Court extends house arrest of five ‘Urban Naxals’ till September 19
6 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court extends house arrest of five ‘Urban Naxals’ till September 19

Op India  

The Supreme Court today extended the house arrest of the five ‘Urban Naxals’ till September 19, who were arrested in connection with the plot to kill the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bhima Koregaon violence. According to the reports, the central government had objected to the decision of the top court to entertain the petition filed against the arrests of …

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 …

Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao arrested for involvement in plot to assassinate PM Modi
6 years, 4 months ago

Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao arrested for involvement in plot to assassinate PM Modi

India TV News  

The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao here for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his family members said. A police team from Pune arrested the revolutionary writer after searching his house and the houses of his family members and friends including a journalist. In June, police in Pune had allegedly …

Massive crackdown on Urban Naxals, raids conducted at several locations across India, arrests made
6 years, 4 months ago

Massive crackdown on Urban Naxals, raids conducted at several locations across India, arrests made

Op India  

In a massive crackdown on ‘Urban Naxals’, Pune Police has conducted raids at least 8 locations in 5 states across the country in connection with alleged Maoist links to a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the violence at Bhima Koregaon. Can cops unravel the plot?#MaoistCrackdown pic.twitter.com/pFuAhZXDKA — TIMES NOW August 28, 2018 Shivaji Bodkhe, Joint Commissioner of …

Raids in 5 states in connection with Maoist plot to assassinate PM Modi
6 years, 4 months ago

Raids in 5 states in connection with Maoist plot to assassinate PM Modi

India Today  

Synchronised raids were conducted today at eight locations across five states in connection with an alleged plot by the Maoist extremists to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the latest series of raids, police searched houses of a well-known revolutionary writer and Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao and his daughter in Pune. More inputs from Saurabh Vaktania and Divyesh Singh: Poet …

Why the Case for Arresting Activists for “Maoist Ties” Is So Weak
6 years, 7 months ago

Why the Case for Arresting Activists for “Maoist Ties” Is So Weak

The Quint  

“Intent to strike terror in the people of India” “Intent to threaten the unity, integrity, security, economic security, or sovereignty of India” Raising funds “knowing that such funds are likely to be used by a terrorist organisation to commit a terrorist act.” These are elements of some of the charges that have been slapped against a professor, a lawyer who …

Rona Wilson: the JNU alumnus who is accused of plotting PM Modi’s assassination
6 years, 7 months ago

Rona Wilson: the JNU alumnus who is accused of plotting PM Modi’s assassination

Op India  

Earlier today we had reported how a sensational letter was recovered by the Pune police from suspected Maoist sympathiser and Jawaharlal Nehru University alumnus Rona Wilson’s house in Delhi, wherein it was suggested that Maoists were planning a Rajiv Gandhi type assassination plot to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his road shows. The report also claimed that Wilson is …

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