Elgar case: Pune court orders Teltumbde's release

Pune | Saturday | 2nd February, 2019

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She pointed out that no plea was filed before the trial court for seeking further protection after rejection of the anticipatory bail plea. However, the Pune police arrested him around 3.30am on Saturday from Mumbai airport on his arrival from Kochi after the special court in Pune on Friday had rejected his anticipatory bail plea. PUNE: In a major setback to Pune police , a special UAPA court here ordered senior academic Anand Teltumbde 's release after holding that his arrest earlier in the morning in the Elgar Parishad case, was "illegal" and "contemptuous" of the Supreme Court 's (SC) order of January 14. The court also said that a report about the police action will be sent to the SC soon.The SC had given Teltumbde a four-week protection which ends on February 11. "The police have not done anything wrong," she insisted..