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NIA yet to get case documents, BJP, Sena in war of words

NIA yet to get case documents, BJP, Sena in war of words


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The Indian Express / by Express News Service

A war of words broke out between the BJP and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Tuesday over granting access to files pertaining to the Elgaar Parishad case, which the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had recently taken over from the Pune Police.
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WHAT IS MHA AFRAID OF? PUNE POLICE REFUSE TO HAND OVER PAPERS TO NIA

29/01/2020

The Print / by Sujata Anandan

The Bhima Koregaon case is all set to be a royal political battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the troika of the Maharashtra government. This was clearly visible in the slap in the face of the National Investigation Agency as Pune police this week flatly refused to hand them any documents pertaining to the case and the officers had to be content with the provisional charge sheet which was already in the public domain.
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Summon Devendra Fadnavis, activist tells panel

Summon Devendra Fadnavis, activist tells panel

Mumbai Mirror / by Shruti Ganapatye

Sanjay Lakhe Patil accuses ex-chief minister of shielding Hindutva leaders.
Activist Dr Sanjay Lakhe Patil on Monday filed an application before the commission investigating the Bhima Koregaon case, asking it to summon Devendra Fadnavis for cross-examination. He accused the former chief minister of shielding Hindutva leaders involved in the attack on visitors during the annual celebratory gathering to mark the 200th year of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon victory in January 2018.
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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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Transfer of case to NIA to ‘cover-up’ falsehoods of previous BJP govt: CPI

Transfer of case to NIA to ‘cover-up’ falsehoods of previous BJP govt: CPI


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New Indian Express / by PTI

NEW DELHI: Condemning the transfer of the Bhima-Koregaon case from Pune police to NIA, the CPI on Monday alleged that the purpose of the move was to “cover up” the “falsehoods and wrongdoings” of the previous BJP government.
The case was being probed by the Pune police and the Centre’s decision to hand over the Koregaon-Bhima probe to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday came under severe criticism from both the Congress and the NCP.
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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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Was the Centre Right in Taking Over the Case?

Was the Centre Right in Taking Over the Case?

The Quint / by Chitranshul Sinha

The mutiny of 1857 led to the transfer of the government of British India from the East India Company to the monarch of England. The events of 1857 also spurred the British into enacting the Indian Penal Code of 1860 which had been lying in draft form for the previous almost three decades. Upon creating a code of offences applicable to the territories of British India, it was imperative for the crown to regulate law enforcement.
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STATE SEEKS LEGAL VIEW ON CHALLENGING CENTRE

26/01/2020

Mumbai Mirror / by Makarand Gadgil

Experts feel Sharad Pawar’s insistence on SIT probe is aimed at regaining turf in Western Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra government has sought legal opinion on whether to challenge the central government’s decision to hand over the investigation into cases related to Bhima-Koregaon violence and the Elgar Parishad conclave to the NIA.
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