Published 21:26 IST, November 15th 2018
'Kill PM plot' of Urban Naxals confirmed in Pune Police's chargesheet in Bhima-Koregaon case; Rona Wilson, Prashant Bose named
The plot to kill PM Narendra Modi was confirmed through the chargesheet placed before Pune Sessions Court by the Pune Police in this Bhima Koregaon case
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day on which Pune Police filed a chargesheet against five arrested accused in Bhima Koregaon case, a number of huge revelations have come out from documents which were submitted before Pune Sessions Court.
plot to kill PM Narendra Modi, something which cops h suspected in June when y accessed a letter from house of Rona Wilson, one of accused, was confirmed through chargesheet in this case.
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Along with Rona Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale, Mahesh Raut, Surendra Gling and Shoma Sen have been named in 5160 p chargesheet, with cops also including five or names, including Kishanda Prashant Bose, as accused who are yet to be arrested.
In October, Supreme Court h stayed order of Bombay High Court which h refused to give extension to Pune police to file chargesheet against accused in violence case.
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violence relates to clashes between two groups on January 1, 2018, during an event which was held to commemorate 200th anniversary of battle of Bhima Koregaon. It resulted in death of one person, and as many as 30 people were also injured. Furr, re were protests across Maharashtra, many of which became violent.
Months after incident, Pune Police arrested five named accused in relation this case. From Wilson's residence, letter to assassinate PM Modi was accessed. assassination plot letter h proposed "concrete steps to end Modi-raj", including:
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- mention of "Rs 8 crore for annual supply of M4s with 4 lakh rounds"
- Stating: "We are working to consolidate ties with like-minded organisations, political parties, representatives of mirities across country"
- mention of a proposal of "concrete steps to end Modi-raj" along lines of "ar Rajiv Gandhi incident". Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi h been assassinated on May 21, 1991, by suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur near Chennai. "It sounds suicidal", letter says about proposal.
- statement: "Targeting his (PM Modi's) ro shows could be an effective strategy" letter states.
se arrests were followed by multi-city raids by cops, wherein y detained Maoist sympthasisers Varavara Rao, Vern Gonsalves, Sudha Bharwaj, Gautam Navlakha and Arun Ferreira.
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Earlier this month, in an affidavit filed in front of judiciary commission, cops h also named Jignesh Mewani, Umar Khalid, Sudhir Dhawale and members of Kabir Kala Manchas in documents, accusing m of giving out hate speeches before Bhima-Koregaon violence took place.
20:40 IST, November 15th 2018