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Bhima Koregaon caste violence row: Activists arrested from across the country
The Pune Police, on August 28, conducted raids and arrested activists in connection with violence in Maharashtra’s Bhima Koregaon in January 2018. Raids were conducted at homes of activists and intellectuals in Delhi, Haryana, Mumbai, Thane, Ranchi and Hyderabad.
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Task Force along with Pune Police conducts raids at three locations in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence case pic.twitter.com/vRjmoeAwJN
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2018
Jharkhand: Police conducts raid at location in Ranchi, in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence case pic.twitter.com/nSpl5VWheR
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2018
Activist Gautam Navlakha detained (Pic 1) in Delhi and activist Varavara Rao (Pic 2) detained in Hyderabad in connection with #BhimaKoregaon violence case pic.twitter.com/W6k1pYgpqN
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2018
#BhimaKoregaon violence case: Pune Police has got transit remand till 30th August of activist Gautam Navlakha.
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2018
Plea filed in Delhi High Court seeking a stay on transferring Gautam Navlakha to Pune, amongst other prayers. Case to be heard shortly. #BhimaKoregaon https://t.co/yWN9mwY5q9
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2018
Early morning sweep searches were conducted wherein Father Stan Swamy’s home in Ranchi was also raided. Laptops, pen drives and documents have been seized from the homes of the activists that were raided. The police claimed that the activists were involved in a terror plot.
Activist Sudha Bhardwaj was picked up from Faridabad while activist and poet Varavara Rao was arrested in Hyderabad. Activists Arun Fereira and Venon Gonsalves have also been taken into custody.
Rao’s name came into the fore through a letter seized by the police during searches at the premises of one of the five people arrested in June in connection with the Elgar Parishad event on December 31 last year to commemorate 200 years of the Bhima Koregaon battle in 1818, news agency Press Trust of India reported.
#BhimaKoregaon violence case: Pune Police has got transit remand till 30th August of activist Gautam Navlakha.
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2018
Previously in June, according to an FIR registered at the Vishrambaug Police Station after the event, five people were arrested for having close Maoist links after they allegedly made “provocative” speeches at the event, triggering violence at Bhima Koregaon village in the district.
At that time, Dalit activist Sudhir Dhawale was arrested from Mumbai, whilst lawyer Surendra Gadling, activist Mahesh Raut and Shoma Sen were picked up from Nagpur. Rona Wilson was arrested from his home in Munirka in Delhi in simultaneous raids.
#BhimaKoregaon violence case: Pune Police has got transit remand till 30th August of activist Gautam Navlakha.
— ANI (@ANI) August 28, 2018
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