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He was
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Mumbai(Agencies):A
special court here on Tuesday extended till August 7 the NIA custody of Delhi
University’s associate professor Hany Babu, who was arrested in connection with
the Elgar Parishad case.
Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil
Tharayil, 54, associate professor in the Delhi University’s Department of
English, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last week for
his alleged involvement in the case.
The NIA submitted that the
accused had links with the CPI (Maoists).
The special court had last
week remanded him in NIA custody till August 4.
As his custody ended on
Tuesday, he was produced before the court by the probe agency.
Seeking his custody further
the NIA informed the court that some 1.26 lakh mails have been recovered from
his email account and they need to be scrutinised.
His social media accounts,
which were used for communicating with other accused persons, suspects and
sympathisers of CPI (Maoists) also needed to be scrutinised, it said.
The NIA further said
investigations revealed that Tharayil was in contact with the other arrested
accused and they were involved in raising fund for Maoists released from
prison, and further probe in this regard was underway.
It came to light during the probe
that a conspiracy was hatched by the accused persons, who promoted enmity
between variouscaste groups. It led to violence,loss of life and statewide
agitation, the NIA said.
After hearing the probe
agency’s submission, special court judge R R Bhosale granted the accused’s
custody to NIA for three more days.
The case relates to alleged
inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on
December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the next day
near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the outskirts of the western
Maharashtra city.
The Pune police filed a charge
sheet and a supplementary charge sheet in the case on November 15, 2018 and
February 21, 2019, respectively.
The NIA took up the
investigation in the case on January 24 this year. PTI
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