Bhima Koregaon case: NIA custody of 3 Kabir Kala Manch members extended till September 19

On Friday, a special NIA court in Mumbai extended NIA custody of Kabir Kala Manch members Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor and Jyoti Jagtap until September 19. While Gorkhe and Gaichor were arrested on September 7, Jagtap was taken into custody on next day. Accused in Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parish case, y have been charged under various sections of Indian Penal Code and UAPA. NIA has alleged that Kabir Kala Manch is a frontal organization of banned terror organization CPI (Maoist).

According to ncy, aforesaid persons were propagating Maoist ideology and were co-conspirators with or accused. It ded that Gorkhe, Gaichor and Jagtap were in contact with accused Milind Teltumbde about urban network of CPI (Maoist). Moreover, it claimed that se Kabir Kala Manch members underwent weapons and explosive training during ir visits to jungle. NIA stated that it has evidence of Milind Teltumbde discussing about Elgar Parish function and subsequent inros me by CPI (Maoist) in June 2018. 

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Bhima Koregaon case

Violence h erupted at Koregaon-Bhima vill in Pune district on January 1, 2018, where supporters h gared to commemorate 200th anniversary of Battle of Bhima Koregaon. This resulted in death of one person and leaving several injured. Subsequently,  Pune police arrested activists such as Sudha Bharwaj, Shoma Sen, Arun Ferreira, and Vern Gonsalves, Surendra Gling, Sudhir Dhawale and P Varavara Rao for allegedly inciting Bhima Koregoan violence through ir speech at Elgar Parish meeting on December 31, 2017. 

charges filed by police include 'conspiracy to assassinate PM Narendra Modi', 'overthrow government', 'waging war against Government of India' under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Also, it has been alleged that some of arrested individuals are active members of banned CPI (Maoists) party. In January 2020, case was transferred to NIA. Following Supreme Court's order, activists Anand Teltumbe and Gautam Navlakha surrendered on April 14, 2020, in connection with this case. Recently, NIA also arrested Delhi University Associate Professor Hany Babu. 

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