Pune police conduct raids on human rights activists all over India, Sudha Bhardwaj arrested
NB: A government that protects lynchers; covers up the mysterious death of the judge hearing the case against Amit Shah; indulges in the blatant sabotage of the justice system, is now engaged in intimidating its critics. We should all resist the newest malevolent actions of the BJP government: DS
Pune police on Tuesday conducted searches in various cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Goa, Haryana and Chhatisgarh in connection with the recent arrests of five persons allegedly linked with Maoists activities. The searches are being conducted at the residences of the persons having Maoists links and who were directly or indirectly connected with the organizers of 'Elgaar Parishad', said sources. According to the sources in Pune police, the police have arrested left-wing activist and poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad and trade unionist Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad. They are being produced in a local court in respective cities and will be brought to Pune after getting transit remand.
Police shielding Hindutva accused?
Police Disobeying High Court Orders In Arrest of Sudha Bharadwaj
Pune police on Tuesday conducted searches in various cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Goa, Haryana and Chhatisgarh in connection with the recent arrests of five persons allegedly linked with Maoists activities. The searches are being conducted at the residences of the persons having Maoists links and who were directly or indirectly connected with the organizers of 'Elgaar Parishad', said sources. According to the sources in Pune police, the police have arrested left-wing activist and poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad and trade unionist Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad. They are being produced in a local court in respective cities and will be brought to Pune after getting transit remand.
Police shielding Hindutva accused?
Police Disobeying High Court Orders In Arrest of Sudha Bharadwaj
Meanwhile, searches
are being conducted at the residences Vernon Gonsalves who was arrested under
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in 2007, activist Arun Ferreira in
Mumbai and human rights activist Gautam Navalakha in Delhi and other
persons in other parts of the country. Varavara Rao's name
was mentioned in one of the letters allegedly written by fugitive Maoist Milind
Teltumbde which was seized from Rona Wilson who was arrested from Delhi along
with Sudhir Dhawale, Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut and Shoma Sen earlier in June
this year in connection of Elgaar Parishad held in Pune on December 31, 2017. According to police,
today's searches are in connection with the earlier arrests. "While
investigating the case pertaining to Elgaar Parishad, the names of some persons
were cropped up. While probing further, we have found that they are closely
associated with the banned organisation CPI (Maoist).
Their activities such has
conspiring and participating in movements with an intention of creating
violence clearly falls under the provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act and therefore, the searches are being conducted at various places,"
senior police officer of Pune police told DNA on the condition of anonymity. Pune police had
claimed that they had seized 25,000 GB data from the five arrested persons and
they are currently going through the each and every detail of that data.
"While scrutinizing the data, the names of the persons surfaced who were
closely associated with the arrested persons and they are active in Maoists activities
in various parts of the country. Since very strong links have been found of the
arrested persons with the other persons, the searches are being conducted at
their residences," the officer said.
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