Summary:
The high court continued my house arrest for three more weeks and directed me to seek bail from the district and sessions court in Pune. Following the Supreme Court’s judgment on September 28 ruling out transfer of probe to an SIT, Rao had moved the Hyderabad high court for relief. The court then informed the trio that they were being placed under house arrest as per the Supreme Court’s directives issued the same day. It is the police’s case that alleged inflammatory speeches and provocative statements at the Parishad contributed to the caste clashes at Koregaon Bhima near Pune on January 1.On August 29, the police produced Rao along with activists Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves before the Pune court for custodial remand. The order of house arrest ended on November 15 and the Pune police arrested me on November 17.”“The transit warrant issued for seeking my custody had become dead and no fresh transit warrant was obtained for arresting me and bringing me to Pune for conducting investigations,” he added..