NIA files chargesheet against 8 persons in Bhima Koregaon case

The National Investigation Agency NIA said on Friday that it has filed a chargesheet against eight persons in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case including Stan Swamy who was arrested from Ranchi on Thursday nightAn NIA official said that it has filed the chargesheet against Swamy Anand Teltumbde Gautam Navlakha Hany Babu Sagar Gorkhe Ramesh Gaichor Jyoti Jagtap and Milind Teltumbde at a special NIA court in MumbaiThe National Investigation Agency NIA said on Friday that it has filed a chargesheet against eight persons in connection with the BhimaKoregaon Elgar Parishad case including Stan Swamy who was arrested from Ranchi on Thursday nightPhoto IANS File pictwittercoml32xLPcSazmdash IANS Tweets ians_india October 9 2020The official said that Swamy 83 who is reportedly an active member of the CPI Maoist was arrested from Ranchi on Thursday nightHe is being flown to Mumbai on Friday and will be produced before a special NIA court there Till date the NIA has arrested 16 persons in connection with the caseThe official said that Swamy also received funds through an associate for furtherance of Maoist activities According to NIA officials Swamy is the convenor of PPSC the frontal organisation of CPI MaoistDuring searches documents related to communications for furthering the activities of CPI Maoist and propaganda material of the CPI Maoist were seized from his possession the official saidThe official said that he was also found to be in contact with some of the conspirators named in the chargesheet Babu and NavlakhaHe was also in touch with Sudhir Dhawale Rona Wilson Surendra Gadling Arun Ferreira Vernon Gonsalves Shoma Sen Mahesh Raut Varavara Rao Sudha Bharadwaj and Anand Teltumbde for the furtherance of Maoist activitiesThe NIA had taken over the probe from the Maharashtra Police on January 24 this yearThe case pertains to inciting people and giving provocative speeches during the Elgar Parishad organised by the activists of Kabir Kala Manch at Shaniwarwada in Maharashtras Pune on December 31 2017 which promoted enmity between various caste groups and led to violence resulting in loss of life and property and statewide agitation in MaharashtraDuring investigation it was revealed that senior leaders of CPI Maoist an organisation banned under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act were in contact with the organisers of Elgar Parishad as well as the accused arrested in the case to spread the ideology of Maoism and encourage unlawful activitiesThe Pune Police had filed a chargesheet and a supplementary chargesheet in this case on November 15 2018 and February 21 2019 respectively After taking up the probe the antiterror probe agency had arrested Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha on April 14 this year Hany Babu Musaliyavirtil Tarayil was arrested on July 28The NIA arrested Gorkhe and Gaichor on September 7 while Jyoti Raghoba Jagtap was nabbed on September 8 under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and other sections of the Indian Penal Code IPCKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever