Mumbai . Social activist Gautam Navlakha was in contact with Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and was tasked to unite intellectuals against the government. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed this in its supplementary charge sheet (charge sheet) in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case.
The NIA also claimed that Honey Babu, associate professor at the University of Delhi, was instrumental in organizing foreign media visits in Naxalite areas and was entrusted with the responsibility of the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), a banned terrorist organization in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The NIA filed a supplementary charge sheet in a special NIA court in Mumbai against eight accused – Navlakha, Babu, Anand Teltumbde, Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor, Jyoti Jagtap, Milind Teltumbde and Stan Swamy. These accused have been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) as well as several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Highlighting Navlakha’s role and involvement in the Bhima Koregaon case, the NIA claimed in its charge sheet that during the investigation it was found that there had been secret communication between its CPI (Maoist) cadres.
The NIA said, “Navlakha was tasked to unite intellectuals against the government. He was part of some fact-finding committees and was tasked with recruiting cadres for CPI (Maoist) guerrilla activities.”
The agency said, “He has also had connections with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).”
The NIA also said that Babu was instrumental in organizing the visits of foreign journalists in CPI (Maoist) areas and was entrusted with the present and future functions of the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF).
Babu was in contact with the Kungalpak Kanglepak Communist Party (KCP) of the banned terrorist organization, Manipur, and convicted convict G. N. Saiba was following the directions of the CPI (Maoist) and was raising funds for the same.
The NIA arrested Babu on July 28 this year from his residence in Noida, while Navlakha was arrested on April 14 along with Anand Teltumbde.
Citing the role of Swamy, who was arrested from Ranchi on Thursday night and produced before a court in Mumbai on Friday, the NIA said that he is a CPI (Maoist) cadre and is actively involved in his activities Has been involved.
The charge sheet states that Swamy was in communication with other CPI (Maoist) cadres.
The NIA also alleged that Swamy obtained funds from other Maoist cadres for his activities. The National Investigation Agency alleged that he is the convener of the PPSC, the frontal organization of the CPI (Maoist).
“Communications and documents related to communication have been seized to carry forward the activities of CPI (Maoist),” the agency said.
The chargesheet also alleges that Anand Teltumbde, Navlakha, Babu, Gorkhe, Gaichor, Jagtap and Swamy along with other accused persons carried forward the ideology of the CPI (Maoist) and by dissenting the government established by law Fostered enmity between different groups over religion, caste and community.
The NIA claimed in the charge sheet, “The absconding accused Milind also organized training camps to impart arms training to other accused persons.”
In this case, the NIA had registered a case on 24 January this year.
The violence erupted on 1 January 2018 near a war memorial in Bhima Koregaon near Pune. Allegedly provocative speeches were made during the Elgar Parishad conference held in Pune city a day earlier.
The Pune Police had filed a charge sheet and a supplementary charge sheet in the case on November 15, 2018 and February 21, 2019, respectively.
On September 7, the NIA arrested Gorkhe and Gaichore.
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