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Bhima-Koregaon case: NIA team arrives in Pune

After the Centre transferred the Koregaon-Bhima-Elgar Parishad probe to NIA, A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team has arrived in Pune. The three-member team of the central agency met officials of the city police handling the sensitive case.

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Published : Jan 27, 2020, 9:32 PM IST

Pune: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team arrived in the city on Monday, days after the agency was entrusted with the probe into the Koregaon-Bhima-Elgar Parishad case by the Centre, police sources said here.

The three-member team of the central agency landed here on Monday morning and later met officials of the city police handling the sensitive case, which has triggered a new round of war of words between ruling and opposition parties in Maharashtra, the sources said.

The case, in which human rights activists have been arrested, pertains to caste violence that took place near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune district on January 1, 2018, following alleged provocative speeches at the Elgar Parishad conclave held the previous day.

The case was transferred by the Centre from the Pune police to the NIA, an agency that handles terror-related matters, on Friday, a move criticised by the three-party ruling coalition in the state.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had on Friday night condemned the Centre's decision to transfer the case to the NIA without consent of the state government. The NCP minister had termed the move as unconstitutional.

The opposition BJP, however, welcomed the move.

The Pune police have claimed speeches delivered at the conclave, held on December 31, 2017, led to the violence at Koregaon Bhima the next day. The police have claimed the conclave was organised by people having Maoist links.

During the probe into the violence, police arrested human rights activists and intellectuals Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Shoma Sen, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao for alleged Maoist links.

They were booked under relevant sections of the IPC and also UAPA, an anti-terror law.

With inputs from PTI

Also read: Delhi Assembly Elections 2020: AAP seems to have booked the return ticket

Pune: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team arrived in the city on Monday, days after the agency was entrusted with the probe into the Koregaon-Bhima-Elgar Parishad case by the Centre, police sources said here.

The three-member team of the central agency landed here on Monday morning and later met officials of the city police handling the sensitive case, which has triggered a new round of war of words between ruling and opposition parties in Maharashtra, the sources said.

The case, in which human rights activists have been arrested, pertains to caste violence that took place near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune district on January 1, 2018, following alleged provocative speeches at the Elgar Parishad conclave held the previous day.

The case was transferred by the Centre from the Pune police to the NIA, an agency that handles terror-related matters, on Friday, a move criticised by the three-party ruling coalition in the state.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had on Friday night condemned the Centre's decision to transfer the case to the NIA without consent of the state government. The NCP minister had termed the move as unconstitutional.

The opposition BJP, however, welcomed the move.

The Pune police have claimed speeches delivered at the conclave, held on December 31, 2017, led to the violence at Koregaon Bhima the next day. The police have claimed the conclave was organised by people having Maoist links.

During the probe into the violence, police arrested human rights activists and intellectuals Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Shoma Sen, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao for alleged Maoist links.

They were booked under relevant sections of the IPC and also UAPA, an anti-terror law.

With inputs from PTI

Also read: Delhi Assembly Elections 2020: AAP seems to have booked the return ticket

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Koregaon-Bhima case: NIA team arrives in Pune
         Pune, Jan 27 (PTI) A National Investigation Agency
(NIA) team arrived in the city on Monday, days after the
agency was entrusted with probe into the Koregaon-Bhima-Elgar
Parishad case by the Centre, police sources said here.
         The three-member team of the central agency landed
here on Monday morning and later met officials of the city
police handling the sensitive case, which has triggered a new
round of war of words between ruling and opposition parties in
Maharashtra, the sources said.
         The case, in which human rights activists have been
arrested, pertains to caste violence that took place near the
Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune district on January 1,
2018, following alleged provocative speeches at the Elgar
Parishad conclave held the previous day.
         The case was transferred by the Centre from the Pune
police to the NIA, an agency that handles terror-related
matters, on Friday, a move criticised by the three-party
ruling coalition in the state.
         Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had on Friday
night condemned the Centre's decision to transfer the case to
the NIA without consent of the state government. The NCP
minister had termed the move as unconstitutional.
         The opposition BJP, however, welcomed the move.
         The Pune police have claimed speeches delivered at the
conclave, held on December 31, 2017, led to the violence at
Koregaon Bhima the next day. The police have claimed the
conclave was organised by people having Maoist links.
         During the probe into the violence, police arrested
human rights activists and intellectuals Sudhir Dhawale, Rona
Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Shoma Sen, Arun
Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao
for alleged Maoist links.
         They were booked under relevant sections of the IPC
and also UAPA, an anti-terror law. PTI SPK
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