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Elgaar Parishad aggravated Bhima Koregaon violence, states chargesheet
Updated On: 16 November, 2018 03:52 PM IST | Mumbai | Chaitraly Deshmukh
The charge sheet said the conclave was held on the directions of Maoists, who also funded it. As per the charge sheet, these five were the chief conspirators of the Parishad
The day after the Elgaar Parishad, ie on January 1, there was large scale violence at Bhima Koregaon, in which one Maratha youth was killed while properties worth crores were damaged. File pic
The Pune city police on Thursday submitted an over 5,000-page charge sheet against 10 activists and absconding Maoist leaders in the Elgaar Parishad case, and said speeches made at the conclave held last year "aggravated" the violence near the Bhima Koregaon war memorial in Pune district the next day.
ACP Shivaji Pawar submitted the 5,160-page chargesheet in the court of special judge KD Wadne. Among those chargesheeted were Nagpur-based lawyer Surendra Gadling, activists Sudhir Pralhad Dhawale of Mumbai, Rona Jacob Wilson of New Delhi, Prof Dr Shoma Sen of Nagpur and Mahesh Sitaram Raut of Nagpur. All of them are currently lodged in Yerwada Central Jail.
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