Bhima Koregaon case News

Bhima Koregaon Case: Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, who were lodged in jail since 2018, had approached the apex court for bail after their bail pleas were denied by the Bombay High Court.

Anand Teltumbde is an IIM graduate and he taught at the Indian Institute of Technology He was booked in the case for his alleged links to the banned CPI (Maoists) He has been charged with several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the UAPA

In the Bhima Koregaon case, the Bombay High Court today granted bail to scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde The High Court further stayed the order for one week on the NIA's request to appeal in the Supreme Court This means that 73-year-old Anand Teltumbde will not be able to walk out of jail till then

SC's oral remark came while it was hearing a plea filed by activist Gautam Navlakha that he be placed under house arrest instead of judicial custody in the Elgar Parishad case. 

Varavara Rao was arrested on August 28, 2018 from his Hyderabad residence and is an under-trial in the case The Pune police had lodged an FIR on January 8, 2018 under various sections of the IPC and the UAPA The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on Dec 31, 2017

The SC said it will hear the Bhima Koregaon case accused Varavara Rao's plea for permanent medical bail on July 19 The 83-year-old is currently on bail on medical grounds and was to surrender today Rao challenged the Bombay High Court order rejecting his appeal for permanent medical bail

The Koregaon Bhima Commission is probing the January 2018 violence near a memorial in Maharashtra's Pune district It has ordered to issue summons to heads of six political parties in the state, including the Shiv Sena, Congress and BJP The two-member probe panel is headed by the retired chief justice of the Calcutta HC and also comprises former Maharashtra CS Sumit Mullick

Rao was arrested in November 2018 for alleged links with Naxals and for allegedly making provocative speeches.

Advocate-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, accused in the Koregaon-Bhima case, has been asked to furnish a cash bond of Rs 50,000 with one or more sureties by the Special NIA court for granting her bail.

Swamy has been undergoing treatment at the Holy Family Hospital The cost of his treatment at the private hospital is being borne by his associates and friends NHRC also called for a report in the light of the allegations made in the complaint, and the treatment record of the activist

Some documents seized by National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Bhima Koregaoan case accused Rona Wilson has revealed that militant Dalit and Muslim forces are joining hands in some parts of the country to create disturbances in the country.

Some documents seized by NIA from Bhima Koregaoan case accused Rona Wilson has revealed that militant Dalit and Muslim forces are joining hands in some parts of the country. According to NIA, the documents seized from Wilson mentioned that Dalits and Muslims must come together to build a major anti-fascist front in the Indian subcontinent as soon as possible. The documents also said that a united front of dalits and Muslims will certainly help in strengthening the mass mobilization of people against the government.

Activists of Kabir Kala Manch during Elgar Parishad meet at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31, 2017 had incited people giving provocative speeches NIA investigation revealed that senior leaders of CPI (Maoist) were in contact with the organizers of Elgar Parishad as well as the accused arrested in the case Earlier, the Pune Police had filed two charge-sheets in this case on November 15, 2018, and February 21, 2019, against 15 accused persons

It was revealed that senior leaders of CPI (Maoist) 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 The Pune Police filed chargesheet and a supplementary chargesheet in this case on November 15, 2018, and February 21, 2019, respectively The NIA took up the investigation of the case on January 24 this year and arrested the three accused persons

Pune Police had filed a charge sheet in this case on November 15, 2018. NIA took up the investigation of the case on January 24, 2020, and had arrested two accused in April 2020. 54-year old was working as an Associate Professor in the Department of English.

Navlakha had moved the interim bail application on medical grounds, stating that considering his health and age it was unsafe for him to be in the prison. 

The Elgar Parishad conclave was held in Pune on December 31, 2017, triggering caste violence at Koregaon Bhima the next day. 

Navlakha, who has been accused under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon riots in 2018, was asked to surrender by the Supreme Court.

Navlakha and Teltumbde were booked under provisions of the UAPA and various sections of the IPC following the violence at Koregaon Bhima village in Pune on January 1, 2018. 

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday (February 18) said that the Bhima Koregaon case and Elgaar Parishad case are "two different" cases and he has not transferred the probe in Bhima Koregaon case to NIA.