Producing Hyderabad-based revolutionary writer and top Maoist ideologue Pendyala Varavara Rao before a court on Sunday, the Pune police claimed that he was a key conspirator in the Bhima-Koregaon case and had a direct connection with Maoists. The cops further said that some of the letters recovered from Rao revealed that he had plans to procure weapons via the Nepal and Manipur routes.

Just a day after the police arrested Rao from Telangana, a special court on Sunday remanded him in police custody till November 26. Charges under sections 121 (waging war) and 124A (sedition) have been registered against him, about which the Pune police have informed the additional chief secretary (home).