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Bhima Koregaon raids: P Chidambaram condemns arrests of activists, defends right to hold extreme views

Press Trust of India • August 29, 2018, 18:13:22 IST
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In a series of tweets, P Chidambaram said anyone holding extreme views is punishable only if he indulges in violence or incites violence or aids and abets violence in support of his ideology

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Bhima Koregaon raids: P Chidambaram condemns arrests of activists, defends right to hold extreme views

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Wednesday condemned the arrest of several human rights activists for their suspected links with Maoists and said holding extreme left or right view is one’s liberty and it was the essence of freedom. In a series of tweets, the former home and finance minister said anyone holding extreme views is punishable only if he indulges in violence or incites violence or aids and abets violence in support of his ideology. [caption id=“attachment_4458301” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]File photo of P Chidambaram. AFP File photo of P Chidambaram. AFP[/caption] “I condemn the arrests of human rights activists, a lawyer and a poet. I will strongly disagree with those who hold extreme left or extreme right views, but I will defend his right to hold that view. That is the essence of freedom,” he tweeted. The Maharashtra Police Tuesday raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least five of them for suspected Maoist links. “Near simultaneous searches were carried out at the residences of prominent Telugu poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Farreira in Mumbai, trade union activist Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad and civil liberties activist Gautam Navalakha in New Delhi,” a senior police official said. “Rao, Bhardwaj, Farreira, Gonzalves and Navalakha were arrested under IPC Section 153 (A), which relates to promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place or birth, residence, language and committing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony,” the official said. Some other Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections were also pressed against those arrested, along with Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for their “alleged naxal activities,” said the police official, without elaborating. “The premises of Father Stan Swamy, a tribal leader in Jharkhand were also searched but he was not detained,” the official said. Chidambaram was the union home minister when the government first went for a major offensive against Maoists in Naxal-hit states following a series of attacks on police, civilians and industries.

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