The decision comes days after the National Investigation Agency took over the case in which nine human rights activists and lawyers have been incarcerated for over 20 months.
Mumbai: The Maharashtra state home department will soon be setting up a special investigation team headed by senior IPS officials to investigate the ‘urban naxal’ case. The decision comes days after the National Investigation Agency took over the case in which nine human rights activists and lawyers have been incarcerated for over 20 months. Read more
NPR, Bhima Koregaon Case Sow First Seeds of Difference Within Maha Vikas Aghadi
… A few days ago, the state government did a U-turn over its stand on the Centre’s move to have the National Investigative Agency take over the Elgar Parishad case, as part of which several activists have been held for over a year on charges of sedition.
Just before the NIA took it over, there was speculation that the accused would get bail; that was effectively stymied by the Centre. Read more
Have sought legal opinion for SIT probe into case, says Deshmukh
“Even if the case has been transferred to the NIA, I have submitted a note to the advocate general seeking legal opinion whether the state can form a SIT for this case. If the legal opinion is in favour, then the state will form a SIT…,” Deshmukh said. Read more
AFTER NIA TAKES OVER PROBE; MAHARASHRA MULLS PARALLEL INVESTIGATION
15/02/2020
India TV / by India TV News Desk
Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday said that he has written to the Advocate General to seek his opinion whether the state government could run a parallel probe into the Bhima-Koregaon violence-Elgar Parishad case, after the investigation into the case was transferred to the National Investigative Agency (NIA) earlier this week by a Pune-based court. Read more
Sharad Pawar criticises Shiv Sena for ‘supporting’ transfer of case to NIA
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh alleged on Thursday that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray overruled him in the matter.
Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Friday reiterated that the Centre’s decision to transfer the Bhima Koregaon case to the National Investigation Agency was wrong, ANI reported. Read more
U-turn: NCP-held home dept gives Elgar case to NIA
Pic: Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy event, Dec 2019
Times of India / by Prafulla Marpakwar
MUMBAI: In a volte-face, the NCP-led home department on Wednesday granted permission to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the inquiry in the Elgar Parishad case. Read more
NO OBJECTION TO NIA TAKING OVER ELGAR PARIHAD CASE, SAYS THACKERAY GOVT
13/02/2020
The New Indian Express / by PTI
The Maharashtra government has said it has no objection to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) taking over probe into the Elgar Parishad case.
The Centre last month transferred the probe in the case from Pune Police to the NIA, a decision which was then criticised by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra. Read more
Govt asks for report by Apr 8.
The two-member Bhima Koregaon inquiry commission is headed by retired chief justice of Calcutta High Court Jay Narayan Patel and includes former chief secretary Sumit Mullick as its member. The state government has granted a two-month extension to the commission, set up to probe the violence which broke out on January 1, 2018, at Bhima Koregaon, on Tuesday. Read more
Pending govt order on two-month extension, Koregaon Bhima inquiry panel stops work
A two-member Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry, probing into the causes of January 1, 2018, violence, has stopped work since February 8, pending an official communication from the state government on the two-month extension announced by Home Minister Anil Deshmukh earlier this month. Read more
Centre should’ve consulted us, says Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday criticised the Centre’s decision to transfer probe into the 2018 Koregaon Bhima violence case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) without taking the state government into confidence. Read more
Will Investigation into Phone Tapping in Maharashtra Open Pandora’s Box?
Maharashtra government has constituted a two-member committee on Monday to probe into the complaints of phone tapping made by a number of political leaders including Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut. They have alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used police machinery to keep a watch on political opponents especially during the formation of the new three-party government in state. Read more
Republican Yuva Morcha: Appoint separate SIT to probe clashes
Ambedkarite outfit demands time-bound report as Bhima-Koregaon commission gets fifth extension.
Even as the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government granted yet another extension to the two-member commission set up to probe the causes behind the Bhima-Koregaon clashes, Ambedkarite outfits like the city-based Republican Yuva Morcha (RYM) have demanded that the State constitute a separate special investigation team (SIT) to probe afresh the riots that rocked Maharashtra on January 1, 2018. Read more
