Mumbai court issues release memo for activist Gautam Navlakha's house arrest

Gautam Navlakha an accused in Elgar ParishadMaoist links case is likely to walk out of the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai on Saturday as a special court here issued a release memo to facilitate his monthlong house arrestThe special court hearing cases related to the National Investigation Agency NIA issued the release memo around 215 pm on SaturdayOn Friday afternoon the Supreme Court had rejected the NIAs application and ordered that Navlakha be placed under house arrest without fail within 24 hoursThe investigating agency on Saturday submitted to the special court here the compliance report about completing the release formalities of the activist after which the court issued the release memo which will then be mailed to the jail authorities and the Navi Mumbai police commissionerAfter his release from the jail Navlakha will be taken to premises selected for his house arrest in Navi MumbaiAlso Read Mehrauli killing Multiple police teams sent to Mumbai HimachalThe 70yearold activist who claims to be suffering from multiple ailments has been in jail since April 2020 in the 201718 caseOn November 10 the Supreme Court had allowed Navlakha to be put under house arrest for a month with certain conditions and said its order should be implemented within 48 hoursHowever the NIA had moved the apex court earlier this week seeking vacation of its order for house arrest saying Navlakha being a chargesheeted accused in a case involving threat to national security and integrity does not deserve any extra leewayOn Friday the SC however went ahead with its November 10 order of placing the activist under house arrestThe case against Navlakha relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31 2017 which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon Bhima war memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra cityAccording to the Pune police people linked to banned Naxalite groups had organized the programmeThe case in which over a dozen activists and academicians have been named as accused was later handed over to the NIAThis 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