Elgar Parishad: Chargesheet against top Maoist

Pune | Thursday | 15th November, 2018

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Subsequent, police probe also revealed Maoist activity in association with their alleged urban sympathisers and activists to procure arms and fund unlawful activities. We have filed the chargesheet because we have completed our investigation. On October 29, the SC had ordered a stay on the high court order after the state's lawyer said that the five arrested activists will, otherwise, get a default bail.Venkatesham said, "The proceeding in the SC is independent of what we are doing here. "Activists Surendra Gadling, Sudhir Dhawale, Shoma Sen, Rona Wilson and Mahesh Raut, besides, underground Maoist operatives Kishanda; M alias Deepak alias Milind Teltumde; Prakash alias Naveen alias Rituparna Goswami and comrades Deepu and Manglu are those named in the chargesheet, he said. "All have been chargesheeted under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)," the police chief said.It is the police's case that the Maoists supported and funded the Elgar Parishad in Pune on December 31, 2017 as part of a larger conspiracy to create social unrest and overthrow government..