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Navlakha had links with Pakistan’s ISI, says NIA in Bhima Koregaon chargesheet

Navlakha had links with Pakistan’s ISI, says NIA in Bhima Koregaon chargesheet


Ranchi, Oct 2020

The Print / by Ananya Bharadwaj

New Delhi: In a supplementary chargesheet filed in the Bhima Koregaon case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has accused activist Gautam Navlakha for his alleged links to Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
According to the NIA sources, Navlakha’s involvement came up in the “secret communications with CPI (Maoist) cadres” that he had on several occasions.
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Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde among eight named in NIA chargesheet

Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde among eight named in NIA chargesheet

Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde among eight named in NIA chargesheet

09/10/2020

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The chargesheet, which runs over 10,000 pages, accuses all eight activists of conspiring to further the ideology of Communist Party of India (Maoist).
The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a chargesheet against eight activists, including Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde, 83-year-old Stan Swamy and Delhi University professor Hany Babu, for their alleged involvement in inciting violence at Bhima Koregaon in 2018, PTI reported.
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NIA Files Chargesheet in Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad Case

09/10/2020

Press Release by NIA India

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NIA chargesheets eight accused in Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case

09/10/2020

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet before a Mumbai court against eight persons in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case.
The first chargesheet filed by the central agency since it took over the probe from Pune police in January is against academic Anand Teltumbde, activist Gautam Navlakha, Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu, members of cultural group Kabir Kala Manch— Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor and Jyoti Jagtap—Jharkhand-based Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy and absconding accused Milind Teltumbde, who is alleged to be a top operative of banned CPI (Maoist).
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Democracy in Higher Education, Social Justice and the Importance of Hany Babu

Democracy in Higher Education, Social Justice and the Importance of Hany Babu


Delhi, Aug 2020

Countercurrents / by Dr Ajay S Sekher

We are going through one of the most dismal times in the history of post-independence India. Anyone who resists, anyone who speaks for the greater common good, for truth and justice, is getting hounded. Hate campaigns are unleashed against them or they are implicated under fabricated charges and thrown into prison.
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Political parties pledge support to Delhi University Professor, Hany Babu

Political parties pledge support to Delhi University Professor, Hany Babu

Free Press Journal / by Staff Reporter

In a webinar attended by leaders from across political parties including the Congress, DMK, CPI(M), party leaders condemned Delhi University Professor, Hany Babu’s arrest and incarceration.
They unanimously called out the ruling government for persecution of those who stand for social justice. Some of them promised to take up the issue during the upcoming parliament session.
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‘Hany Babu is a champion of social justice,’ political party leaders demand release of jailed professor

13/09/2020

Makttoobmedia / by Haneena PA

One month after the associate professor in the University of Delhi’s English department and noted anti-caste activist Hany Babu MT was arrested by NIA in the Bhima Koregaon case, Dalit Camera organised a webinar titled “With Professor Hany Babu: Political Voices for Social Justice” on Saturday where parliamentarians and leaders from various political parties took part to raise their voice in support of the arrested professor.
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Videos: With Hany Babu: Political Voices for Social Justice / Free All BK Human Rights Defenders

Videos: With Hany Babu: Political Voices for Social Justice / Free All BK Human Rights Defenders

Video: With Prof. Hany Babu – Political Voices for Social Justice

By Dalit Camera

Webinar: With Prof. Hany Babu – Political Voices for Social Justice

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Dalit Camera

Speakers include:
Dr. Udit Raj, Ex-MP, National Spokesperson, AICC
T.K.S. Elangovan, MP Rajya Sabha, DMK
Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha, MP Rajya Sabha, RJD
K. Ambujakshan, Welfare Party of India
Anoop V.R, Indian Youth Congress
Rajkumar Saini, ex MP, Loktantra Suraksha Party
P. Rajeev, ex MP, CPI(M)
Annie Raja, CPI
K.K. Ragesh, MP Sabha CPI (M)
E.T. Mohammed Basheer, MP, Lok Sabha, IUML
Coordinator: Vinayakala Korvi
Chair: Premjish Achari
Curator and Art Critic
Concluding Remarks: N Sachin

Video: Free All Bhima Koregaon Human rights Defenders and Repeal Draconian UAPA

11/09/2020

By Baat Adhikar Ki

Webinar: Free All Bhima Koregaon Human rights Defenders and Repeal Draconian UAPA!

To watch video recording (hindi) via fb click:
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NIA harassing me, alleges Kolkata prof.

NIA harassing me, alleges Kolkata prof.

The Hindu / by pti

The NIA has issued a notice to IISER professor Partho Sarathi Ray, who is also the convenor of Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee’s (PPSC) West Bengal unit.
A Kolkata-based professor, summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Bhima-Koregaon case in Maharashtra, on Wednesday accused the central agency of trying to harass him.
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Video: Revisiting the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case

Video: Revisiting the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case

TWO YEARS AND COUNTING…
Revisiting the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case

SESSSIONS AND SPEAKERS
Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy Case: Mihir Desai • Vrinda Grover
Views from the Movements • Dr. Ravikumar • Aruna Roy • Nikhil Dey • Ulka Mahajan
Crushing Dissent Through Laws: Rebecca John • Prashant Bhushan
Cultural Performance: Relaa • Yalgaar
REMEMBRANCES
Family Members and Colleagues of: Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Arun Ferriera, Surendra Gadling, Sudhir Dhawale, Vernon Gonsalves, Hany Babu, Rona Wilson, Varavara Rao.

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hindi + en | 4h | 2020
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‘To sir, with love’: Students write letters to jailed Delhi University professor Hany Babu

‘To sir, with love’: Students write letters to jailed Delhi University professor Hany Babu

Scroll.in / by Vijayta Lalwani

Babu was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on July 28.
„Birthday wishes Hany Sir. It pains me to write a birthday wish this way. I hope you are safe there. I hope you come out of this, back to your family and friends, back to the University, soon,” a student of Delhi University wrote in a letter to professor MT Hany Babu on his birthday on August 16.
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Webinar Aug 22: Dr Hany Babu – His Work and the Way Forward (Part 2)

Webinar Aug 22: Dr Hany Babu – His Work and the Way Forward (Part 2)

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By Dalitbahujans For Prof Hany Babu / Dalit Camera

Webinar
Aug 22
5pm
“Prof. Hany Babu, an anti-caste scholar and activist, was arrested in connection to the Bhima-Koregaon case by the National Investigation Agency on July 28 in Mumbai. We would like to discuss aspects of his work, including his struggles to ensure equal opportunities…”

Also watch Part 1: Dr Hany Babu – His Work and the Way Forward
Aug 13, 2020
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