'Elgar Parishad's speeches led to Koregaon-Bhima violence': Pune cops

Pune police submitted affidavit in this regard to probe panel set up by Maharashtra govt under Justice (retd) J N Patel.

Maoist links: Bail plea rejected, two activists taken to jail

The bail plea of civil right activist Sudha Bharadwaj was also rejected and she is likely to be taken into custody on Saturday.

The police had arrested Gadling and others in June while probing the alleged Maoist connection with the Elgar Parishad.

The apex court had on Friday refused to interfere with their arrest and declined to appoint a special investigation team (SIT) to probe their arrest.

He further challenged the Yerwada prison authorities’ denial of reading materials to the arrested activists.

During the press conference, Mr Singh had read out letters purportedly exchanged between the activists.

Jignesh Mewani, Umar Khalid and Sudhir Dhawale spoke at the Elgar Parishad held on December 31, 2017.

Arrested accused have connection with J&K separatists, say cops; Trying to recruit students.

Maharashtra Police raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states for their suspected Maoist links.

The raids were carried out as part of probe into the violence at Maharashtra's Koregaon Bhima village following an event held in Pune 2017.