Bhima Koregaon case: NIA seeks cancellation of bail for activists Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj
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The National Investigation Agency on Friday moved a special court in Mumbai seeking that the bail granted to activists Varavara Rao and Sudha Bharadwaj in the Bhima Koregaon case be cancelled.
The court has directed the activists to respond to the applications, The Indian Express reported.
Rao was granted interim medical bail by the Bombay High Court in February 2021 and the bail order was confirmed by the Supreme Court in August 2022. Bharadwaj was granted default bail by the Bombay High Court in December 2021 as the agency had not filed a chargesheet within the stipulated time of 90 days.
In its applications seeking the cancellation of bail for Rao and Bharadwaj, the NIA contended that they attended a meeting at the Mumbai Press Club along with other persons accused in the case on January 19. This violated their bail conditions, alleged the agency.
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It claimed that the gathering was convened with the intention of “propagating the ideology of the proscribed organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist) and to deliberate upon the future course of action for spreading the ‘Urban Naxal’ movement…”
The bail conditions for Rao and Bharadwaj barred them from contacting or communicating with other accused persons, said the NIA.
In April, the Mumbai Press Club suspended...