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A day after five civil rights activists were arrested in a nationwide swoop, the Pune police claimed on Wednesday that it has unearthed a "Maoist conspiracy hatched to overthrow the elected government" besides targeting top officials and political leaders.The alleged plot came to light after the police analysed the electronic devices, documents and other "highly incriminating evidences" seized from the five arrested persons, showing their links with the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), said Pune Deputy Commissioner of Police Shirish Sardeshpande.
Pune Police, in a press conference, said the members of CPI (Maoist) had planned terror activities in the country. They have connections with banned organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, the Pune Police said.
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Lalu Prasad Yadav condemns arrests. "This country is moving towards dictatorship. The arrests of the five intellectuals show that the country is moving towards emergency and I condemn it," says the former Bihar CM.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) calls arrests in Bhima Koregaon case "utmost exploitation of power by BJP". Here is the BSP statement - Arrests of activists who fight in court against oppression of Dalits, Tribals & backward communities in the nation, to spread terror and fear of the govt, is autocracy & utmost exploitation of power by BJP.
Delhi High Court questions the prosecution as to why arrest memo was not given to Gautam Navlakha or his counsel. HC observed, "every minute that a person is spending in custody is matter of concern".
Pune police yesterday arrested five activists in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence which took place on January 1 this year. Raids were conducted across five states on eight locations. Police was probing into Elgaar Parishad, a conclave that was held on December 31 last year in Shaniwada near Pune to mark 200th anniversary to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon.
Raids were conducted at the residences of seven activists in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Goa. Sudha Bhardwaj, Gautam Navalakha, Varavra Rao, Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Ferreira were later arrested. Bhardwaj and Navlakha’s transit remand was put on hold. Navlakha will stay under house arrest till August 29, while Bhardwaj is put under house arrest till August 30. A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the arrests. The court will hear the matter at 3:45 pm today.
The political war waged after the arrests. Opposition parties slammed the Centre for arresting the activists. Congress president Rahul Gandhi blamed the government for attacking those activists who are not affiliated to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Even Congress MP Shashi Tharoor termed it an attack on democracy. However, the BJP claimed that the arrested activists had links with Maoists. Union Miniter Kiren Rijiju took a dig on the Congress president for supporting the Maoists.
On January 1, the clashes erupted between Dalit groups and Maratha community during a rally organised by the groups commemorate the 1818 battle as the East India Company's army consisted of Mahars, a Dalit community, who defeated the upper-caste Peshwa's forces. Following the clashes, Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar had given a call for state-wide shut-down on January 3, which too witnessed violence in Maharashtra.
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