Elgar Parishad case accused Anand Teltumbde released from Navi Mumbai prison

Elgar Parishad case accused Anand Teltumbde released from Navi Mumbai prison

Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was on Saturday released from the Taloja central prison in Navi Mumbai, a day after the Supreme Court rejected the National Investigation Agency‘s (NIA) plea challenging the bail granted to him, an official said. Teltumbde, 73, who spent two-and-a-half years behind bars in the … Read more

Stan Swamy’s death in custody can’t be jusitified: Sanjay Raut

Stan Swamy’s death in custody can’t be jusitified: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the death of Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case accused Jesuit priest Stan Swamy in custody cannot be justified even if Maoists are “more dangerous than Kashmiri separatists”. In his weekly column Rokhthok in the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut wondered whether India’s foundation was so weak that an 84-year-old … Read more