Activists Arrested

"Proof Must Be Robust": Top Court To Maharashtra On Activists' Arrests

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Wednesday September 19, 2018

The Supreme Court, which was hearing a petition in the arrests of five activists before it decides on their release, made it clear that theevidence submitted by the Maharashtra government must be "robust enough" and how"liberty can'tbe sacrificed at the altar of conjecture".

"Will Intervene If Needed," Says Top Court On Activists' Arrest: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday September 17, 2018

The Supreme Court has extended the house arrest for five rights activists, accused of Maoist links, till September 19 when it will hear a petition seeking their release. During the hearing on Monday, the government opposed what it called the Supreme Court's interference in the case. "We must look into the material. We will see the record, what are ...

House Arrest of 5 Activists Extended Till September 17 By Supreme Court

India News | NDTV News Desk | Wednesday September 12, 2018

The Supreme Court has extended the house arrest for five rights activists, accused of Maoist links, till September 17 when it will hear a petition seeking their release.

In Activists' Arrest, 13 'Maoist' Letters And Multiple Loopholes

India News | Mariyam Alavi and Sreenivasan Jain | Sunday September 9, 2018

Letters and emailspurportedly recovered from activists arrested by Pune police for Maoist links are riddled with inconsistencies and flawed assumptions, an NDTV analysis has found.

Arrested Activists Belong To Banned Maoist Fronts: Pune Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 8, 2018

The Pune police claimed on Saturday that all the seven organisations, to which some of the left-wing activists arrested recently for alleged Maoist links belonged, were fronts of the banned CPI (Maoist).

Supreme Court Pulls Up Pune Police Over Press Meet Over Activists' Arrest

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday September 6, 2018

The Supreme Court has extended the house arrest of five activists held in Bhima Koregaon case till September 12. The top court pulled up the Maharashtra government for the press meet by its police last week giving evidences in public. The Supreme Court has asked the state government to direct its police to be more responsible when the matter is bei...

Instead Of Saying 'Urban Naxals', File Charges Faster: Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 5, 2018

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra police for holding a press conference last week over the arrest of five left-wing activists in multi-city raids for alleged Maoist links and favoured timely filing of charges rather than labelling the accused as "Urban Naxals".

Sonia Gandhi's National Advisory Council Was For Supporting Naxalism: BJP

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 4, 2018

Accusing the Congress of patronising and funding the maoists, the BJP said on Monday that the now-defunct National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by Sonia Gandhi during the previous UPA regime, was the body for "supporting naxalism".

Plea Seeks Action Against Cops Who Briefed Media On Activists' Arrest

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 4, 2018

The Kerala government announced today that it won't host any function that involves huge sums of money for a year and instead divert the amount for flood relief.

On Activists' Arrests, High Court Questions Press Conference By Police

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Monday September 3, 2018

The Bombay High Court pulled up the Maharashtra Police for holding a press conference, elaborating on the evidence it had against activists arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. While hearing a petition, the court said how can the police hold a press conference when the case is subjudice.

Pune Police Gets 90 Days To File Chargesheet In Bhima-Koregaon Case

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Sunday September 2, 2018

A court in Pune has given the city police 90 more days to file a chargesheet against four activists arrested in the Bhima-Koregaon case. The police sought more time to file the chargesheet against Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Sudhir Dhawale and Rona Wilson, who are accused of being directly responsible for the violence in the Maharasht...

Couldn't Stop Laughing At Fake Charges: Activist Vernon Gonsalves' Son

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 1, 2018

The son of Vernon Gonsalves, one of the five activists arrested for alleged Maoist links, has rejected the police charges against his father and termed them as "laughable".

"Letter Fabricated": Activist Sudha Bharadwaj Responds To Police Claims

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Saturday September 1, 2018

Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, one of the five prominent activists arrested this week after multi-city raids, has responded to the Maharashtra police's claims that there is solid evidence including "thousands of documents and letters" that established the activists' links to Maoists and their role in facilitating weapons and funding.

"Don't Wish PM Any Ill, Only Wish For True Governance": Father Stan Swamy

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday August 31, 2018

An 81-year-old Jesuit priest who was raided by Pune police on Tuesday at his home in Ranchi but not arrested has said activists like him, including the five put under house arrest, only wish for true governance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and do not wish him any ill.

Talk Of Grenade Launcher, Ending "Modi-Raj" In Letters: Cops On Activists

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Soumyajit Majumder | Friday August 31, 2018

Facing anger over the raids and arrests targeting rights activists, the Maharashtra police today claimed solid evidence including "thousands of documents" that established the activists' links to Maoists and their role in facilitating weapons and funding.