Elgar case: Activist Rona Wilson gets temporary bail to attend father's mass

A special NIA court here on Tuesday granted temporary bail for 15 days to activist Rona Wilson an accused in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case to attend a mass organised for his father who died last month at his native place in KeralaHe was allowed interim bail from September 13 to 27 by special judge D E Kothalikar who imposed certain conditions while granting relief to the jailed activistThe judge directed the accused to surrender his passport to the court before leaving for his native placeWilson should not leave the limits of his native place Neendakara in Kollam city of Kerala the court said and maintained no prayer for extension of the bail will be entertainedWilson was arrested in June 2018 by the Pune police which was then probing the case He is currently in judicial custody and lodged in the Taloja jail in Navi MumbaiAlso ReadElgar Parishad NIA opposes Rona Wilsons temporary bail plea to attend massLast week Wilson through his lawyers R Sathyanayanan and Niraj Yadav had moved a plea in the court seeking temporary bail for two weeks for visiting his native place to attend the mass organised for his father 84 who died on August 18His plea said as per customs a function has been organised on the 30th day of his fathers death that falls on September 16The National Investigation Agency NIA on Monday opposed Wilsons plea for temporary bail The central agency had told the court the presence of the accused for the mass was not requiredThe final rites of the activists father were already over and Wilson was simply creating a ground for his release the NIA had arguedSpecial prosecutor Prakash Shetty appearing for the NIA had told the court there were chances of Wilson carrying out some illicit activity if released on bail and that he may also influence witnessesWilson and other activists were initially booked by the Pune police after violence erupted near KoregaonBhima on outskirts of Pune city on January 1 2018 a day after a conclave Elgar Parishad 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 in the case from the Pune policeThis 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