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

March 09, 2021 17:30

Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, is an "active member" of CPI (Maoist) and "deeply involved" in furtherance of the outfit's agenda, the NIA has told a special court in Mumbai.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is conducting a probe into the case, made these submissions on February 26 in its written reply to the activist's bail plea. A copy of the reply was made available on Tuesday. In 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 "humbug".

Opposing his bail, the probe agency said it is "absolutely false" to say there is no evidence against the accused.

"In 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 submission.

Further, 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 said.

It also claimed that Anand Teltumbde was in touch with his brother Milind Teltumbde, a wanted accused in the case, and had secret meeting with him.

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