Pune (Maharashtra): The Pune Police filed its first chargesheet against 10 prime accused in the Koregaon-Bhima caste riots case of January 1 2018, charging them, among others, with conspiring to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi and overthrow the democratically elected government with violent means. The accused activists are: Sudhir P. Dhawale,[Read More…]
Tag: Bhima Koregaon
Get set free! Fadnavis govt withdraws rioting cases against Sambhaji Bhide, others
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis withdraws more than six cases related to riot against right-wing activist Sambhaji Bhide whose name floated on top in the case of Bhima-Koregaon violence. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government has allegedly withdrawn several other cases that were registered against hundreds of party workers. As[Read More…]
Bhima Koregaon: Congress stands exposed for politicising national security, says Amit Shah
New Delhi: After the Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere in the arrest of five activists in the Bhima Koregaon case in Maharashtra, BJP President Amit Shah attacked the Congress saying the order “exposed” those politicising an issue of national security and demanded an apology. “Those who stooped down[Read More…]
Bhima Koregaon case: Supreme Court orders to continue house arrest of activists for 4 more weeks
Bhima Koregaon case: In a setback for activists Supreme Court has ordered an extension of the house arrest of activists for four more weeks. The top court has also declined to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the case and accused at liberty to pursue other appropriate remedies[Read More…]
Bhima Koregaon Raids: An attempt to incite hatred against Human Rights activists, says Sudha Bharadwaj
One of the five arrested human rights activists and professor, Sudha Bharadwaj has claimed that the letter police believe she has written and produced on Friday, is convicted and fabricated to criminalise her and other human rights, activists. Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested by Pune police on Tuesday in a multi-city[Read More…]
Bhima Koregaon Raids: Supreme Court orders house arrest for 5 accused
The Supreme Court ordered only house arrest till the next hearing of the five people arrested over Bhima Koregaon violence on Tuesday. The Supreme Court will hear the case again on September 06, till then, the five accused is allowed to go back home but will remain under house arrest[Read More…]
Bhima Koregaon violence: All you need to know
Bhima Koregaon violence that shook the country in January 2018 is again making headlines after Pune police arrested five rights activists and raided homes in several cities. The houses of seven prominent activists including Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bhardwaj, Stan Swamy, Varavara Rao, Kranti, and Naseem were searched by[Read More…]
Modi government’s unfolding emergency through back door
On Tuesday morning, Pune police conducted a widespread raid and simultaneous arrests of activists in Ranchi, Hyderabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Goa and Mumbai. Stan Swamy in Ranchi, Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, Gautam Navlakha in New Delhi, Sudha Bharadwaj in Faridabad, Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde in Goa and Vernon Gonsalves and Arun[Read More…]
Police raids on human rights activists’ homes in Mumbai, Ranchi, Hyderabad
Pune police team raided human rights activists in Mumbai, Ranchi, Faridabad, and Hyderabad on Tuesday morning. The police called these raids a part of an investigation into a public meeting that was organised few days before a caste-related violence took place in Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January 2018. The[Read More…]
Bhima Koregaon: Maharashtra police raid Dalit activists
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Police carried out multi-city raids on Tuesday against prominent Dalit activists and supporters in a fallout of the January 1 caste riots in Koregaon-Bhima, official sources said here. The raids which started at around 5 a.m., and were carried out by several teams of the Pune police in[Read More…]