Anand Teltumbde 'active member' of CPI (Maoist): NIA

Scholaractivist Anand Teltumbde an accused in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case is an active member of CPI Maoist and deeply involved in furtherance of the outfits agendathe NIA has told a special court hereThe National Investigation Agency NIA which is conducting a probe into the case made these submissions on February 26 in its written reply to the activists bail pleaA copy of the reply was made available on TuesdayIn January this year Teltumbde filed the bail plea in the special NIA court claiming no evidence was found against him and the prosecution theory that he was abetting others to wage war against the government was all humbugOpposing his bail the probe agency said it is absolutely false to say there is no evidence against the accusedIn fact there is evidence against the accused that he is an active member of CPI Maoist and deeply involved in furtherance of the agenda of CPI Maoist the NIA said in its submissionFurther it is evident from the statement of a protected witness that the accused used to attend international conferences and bring their foreign Maoist literature in memory card and the same was further used for training purpose after approval from central committee of the CPI Maoist the probe agency saidIt also claimed that Anand Teltumbde was in touch with his brother Milind Teltumbde a wanted accused in the case and had secret meeting with himAnand Teltumbde used to meet his brother during his urban area visits and used to share the literature of Maoist ideology collected during international conferences it saidThe Maoist literaturevideos were used for training and strategic development of party members after approval in the outfits central committee members meeting in Abhujmad area of Chhattisgarh the NIA saidIt also claimed that electronic evidences recovered from other accused show he was in touch with themAnand Teltumbde and several other activists have been booked under stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA for allegedly having links with Maoists and conspiring to overthrow the governmentHe has sought bail on merits of the case The accused in his bail plea said he hails from a poor family and due to his sheer brilliance and hard work he reached the position he has in the Indian societyHowever casteist forces cannot digest this fact and implicating him in the case is an attempt to belittle his achievements the accused saidAnand Teltumbde and some other activists were initially booked by the Pune police after violence erupted near KoregaonBhima on outskirts of Pune city a day after an Elgar Parishad conclave was organisedInflammatory speeches and provocative statements made at the Elgar Parishad meet held in Pune on December 31 2017 triggered the violence at KoregaonBhima the next day the police had allegedAccording to the police the event was backed by MaoistsThe NIA later took over the probe into the caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever