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Elgaar organisers to challenge case transfer to National Investigation Agency

Elgaar organisers to challenge case transfer to National Investigation Agency

Pune Mirror / by Anurag Bende

Eminent judges behind the mega event are convinced that move is an attempt at subterfuge.
Calling the transfer of the Elgaar Parishad case to National Investigation Agency (NIA) as a blatant delaying tactic to suppress the truth, the organisers of the event have declared that they will be moving Supreme Court, challenging this decision of the union government.
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‘RELEASE ACTIVISTS, NO NEED FOR NIA PROBE’

28/01/2020

The Hindu / by Shoumojit Banerjee

Former Bombay High Court judge, Justice (retired) B.G. Kolse-Patil on Monday lashed out at the Union Home Ministry’s sudden decision to transfer the investigation into the Elgaar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon cases to National Investigation Agency (NIA), alleging that the Narendra Modi government feared an expose of the “false probe” conducted by the Maharashtra police.
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Accused activists handed over fourth hard disk

Accused activists handed over fourth hard disk

Hindustan Times / by HT Correspondent

Punde: A fourth hard disk was handed over to the accused arrested in the Elgar Parishad case on Monday.
The court also maintained that no official communication has been received about the central government’s decision to hand over the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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Dubious decision: On NIA takeover of Bhima Koregaon case

Dubious decision: On NIA takeover of Bhima Koregaon case


Pic: Mumbai, 2018

The Hindu / The Hindu Editorial

NIA’s takeover of Bhima Koregaon probe is a ploy to perpetuate ‘urban Naxal’ narrative.
The Home Ministry’s abrupt decision to transfer the investigation into the Bhima Koregaon cases in Maharashtra to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is an unwarranted interference in the police powers of the State.
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Tussle Brews Between M’rashtra, Centre Over Investigations

Tussle Brews Between M’rashtra, Centre Over Investigations


Pic: Mumbai, Sep 2018

Outlook India / by IANS

Crying foul, the NCP-Congress attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government ‘for exceeding its brief for sheer political reasons’ over the issue.
A day after Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar raised serious doubts over the 2018 Elgar Parishad/Koregaon-Bhima investigations, the Centre swiftly moved against the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and transferred the probe into the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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Maharashtra government to probe Bhima Koregaon

Maharashtra government to probe Bhima Koregaon

The New Indian Express / by Sudhir Suryawanshi

MUMBAI: A day after the Centre transferred the politically sensitive Bhima Koregaon case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Saturday that the Union government’s decision smacks of conspiracy to cover up the role of the previous government in the state led by the BJP in misusing the police machinery to frame social activists. Pawar, whose party is a coalition partner in the Shiv Sena – led government in Maharashtra, said the state will not remain a mute spectator and will do its own probe so that the truth comes out.
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‘Centre’s Decision to Hand Bhima Koregaon to NIA Unconstitutional’: Maha Home Minister

‘Centre’s Decision to Hand Bhima Koregaon to NIA Unconstitutional’: Maha Home Minister


Drawing by Arun Freirra

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

Mumbai: Crushing any hope that the Maharashtra state government may release the rights activists and lawyers implicated in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday abruptly decided to hand the investigations over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The NIA Act allows the department to take over any investigations related to “scheduled offences” and the state has little role to play, leave alone decline permission.
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Anyone Opposing Modi, Shah is an Urban Naxal: Rahul on Bhima Case

Anyone Opposing Modi, Shah is an Urban Naxal: Rahul on Bhima Case

The Quint / by The Quint

In a surprising development on Friday, 24 January, the central government transferred the Bhima-Koregaon case to the national investigating agency (NIA).
The move drew sharp reactions from the Maharashtra government who accused the Centre of taking the decision without the consent of the state government, adding that the decision was “against the Constitution”.
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Case handed over to NIA, Centre didn’t take our consent, alleges Maharashtra minister

Case handed over to NIA, Centre didn’t take our consent, alleges Maharashtra minister

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh claimed that the transfer, done without consultation, is against the Constitution.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Friday alleged that the Centre had transferred the investigation of the Bhima Koregaon case to the National Investigation Agency without the state government’s consent.
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CENTRAL AGENCY NIA TAKES OVER KOREGAON-BHIMA CASE, MAHARASHTRA FURIOUS

24/01/2020

NDTV / by Jimmy Jacob

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said the case was transferred without the state’s permission, and called the move “unconstitutional”.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the probe into the 2018 Koregaon-Bhima violence today, a day after the Maharashtra government held a review meeting with senior Pune police officers to take a call on pursuing the matter.
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