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GURUGRAM, September 01, 2018 09:19 IST
Updated: September 01, 2018 15:56 IST
A day after the Maharasthra police claimed that they had “conclusive” evidence, including letters, connecting the arrested activists with banned Maoist organisations.
This letter was produced by the police before the media as per official statement.
In the statement said the letter was a “mixture of innocuous and publicly available facts and baseless fabrication.” It was an attempt to delegitimise various legal and democratic activities such as meetings, seminars and protests by alleging that they were funded by Maoists. A number of activists and organisations were deliberately named to cast a stigma over them, to obstruct their work and incite hatred against them.
Additional Director General (law and order), Parambir Singh addressing a press conference in Mumbai on Friday, August 31, 2018. | Photo Credit:
Vivek Bendre
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The arrested accused played an active and crucial role in a conspiracy to overthrow the lawfully established Indian government, says ADGP.
The Maharashtra police on Friday said they have evidence that clearly establish links between Maoist organisations and the maoist cadres arrested on Tuesday.
At a media briefing, Additional Director General (law and order) Parambir Singh displayed letters allegedly exchanged by some of the arrested activists.
“There was a larger conspiracy by Maoist organisations to overthrow the lawfully established Indian government using weapons procured from Russia and China. The arrested accused played an active and crucial role in this conspiracy,” he said.
“The meetings of the arrested accused were held even in Paris and other international organisation, and funds were being organised from there,” he said. The arrested accused "were in touch with militants and extremists from Manipur and Kashmir. They wanted to emulate stone-pelting activities in Jammu and Kashmir in rest of the county and urban areas."
There was an active propaganda to discredit the investigation. "But we have a very very strong case. "The evidence being disputed has been videographed and recorded. It is with the forensic lab. We have not tampered with it. This is as strong a case as we had against Delhi University professor who was convicted by the court for Anti Nation activities," he said.
'Urban Maoist not a new term'
Term 'urban maoist' was not new and had been used for past 20 years. "I remember using it myself when carrying out operations many years ago," he said, adding, "Urban Maoists are the overground cadre in touch with the central committee of the banned Maoist organisations."
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Mumbai, September 01, 2018 20:24 IST
Updated: September 01, 2018 20:42 IST
The first seizure of eight bombs was on the night of August 9 from one of the residence when he was picked up for inquiries. The next morning after he was formally placed under arrest, the ATS went on to raid a commercial space in Nallasopara owned by him.
The massive cache seized from Nallasopara included 12 more crude bombs, two gelatin sticks, four electronic detonators, 22 non-electronic detonators, safety fuse wires, 150 grams of a white powder wrapped in newspaper, two one-litre bottles labelled 'Poison', 10 batteries, a six volt battery, a cutter, a hacksaw, soldering equipment, three switches, two complete PCB circuits, a partially completed PCB circuit, six battery connectors, two battery containers, four relay switches, eight resistors, six transistors, lengths of wires, a multimeter, handgloves, adhesive solution and a hand drawn, partially complete circuit diagram. The ATS’ seizures pointed to a State-wide, highly organised plan.
“The arsenal had obviously been stocked over time, and was being assembled by two . We have information to indicate that they had help from others in this, and are working on identifying and apprehending these people as well,” an ATS officer said.
A day later, on August 11, the ATS also seized 10 pistols, along with six partially made pistols, ten barrels, three partially made magazines, seven partially complete sliding mechanisms and other gun parts from a commercial space.
The gunmen
Their interrogation, however, provided the first big twist in the tale. One of the arrested, according to the ATS, confessed that he was “directly involved” in the 2013 murder of rationalist and also named his co-accused. The ATS subsequently summoned after his name was taken by the first arrested, a resident of Aurangabad, for questioning and handed him over to the Central Bureau of Investigation after his alleged involvement was established. The CBI said subsequent inquiries confirmed that both had gunned down and carried out assasinations of Indian Citizens on Indian Soil.
The ATS, also arrested two more accused — from Ghatkopar in Mumbai.
On August 28 at a custody hearing, the ATS told the court that first arrested and his co-accused were planning to target the Sunburn festival in Pune and had also conducted a recce of the venue. Other targets of the accused, according to the ATS, included movie theatres in Belgaum where the movie
Padmaavat was released. On August 29, the CBI, while seeking additional custody of his co accused, told the court that both had links with the three accused arrested by the Bengaluru SIT for the murder of journalist and that these links were being probed further.
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The Police have sought more time to file the chargesheet against Gadling, lawyer, and four other activists arrested on June 6 for their alleged links to banned Maoist outfits and role in the violence.
The accused have been charged with provision of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
90-day timeframe
Under the UAPA, the
police need to file a chargesheet within 90 days of the arrest, failing which the accused have the right to apply for bail.
On June 6, the Pune police arrested Mr. Gadling and 5 other
The deadline for filing the chargesheet against them is September 5. “Under the pretext of finding fresh evidence, the Pune police will appeal for more time to file the chargesheet in the previous case. The [August 29] arrests [of five other activists] are nothing but a tactic to divert attention from the investigations under way.
On August 29, the Pune police searched the homes of nine and lawyers and arrested 2 in in Mumbai, 1 in New Delhi, 1 in in Faridabad, 1 in in Hyderabad.
On Friday, at a press conference, the Maharashtra police said they had fresh evidence, including of a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister, against the accused.