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NCP’s Sharad Pawar won’t appear before Koregaon-Bhima probe panel on 23-24 February
•The panel had earlier summoned the NCP chief in 2020, but he couldn't appear before it due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown

Bhima Koregaon case: Sudha Bharadwaj can be released on bail bond of Rs 50,000, says NIA court
•The court allowed Bharadwaj to submit the cash surety, which would enable her to walk out of the jail, either on Wednesday or Thursday. She is currently lodged at the Byculla prison in Mumbai.

Bhima Koregaon case: SC dismisses NIA plea challenging default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj
•Bharadwaj was arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case in August 2018 under the provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Stan Swamy dies at 84: Who was the tribal rights activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case?
Fp Staff •Stan Swamy: The Bombay HC was informed that Swamy suffered a cardiac arrest early Sunday morning following which he was put on ventilator support

Bhima Koregaon arrests: Letters can't be evidence of conspiracy till probe proves activist-CPI (Maoist) collusion
Greeshma Kuthar •While the letters seized during the Bhima Koregaon raids, the veracity of which have to be proved in a trial, suggest alleged organisational affiliation of some of the arrested individuals, how these letters attribute organisational role of the CPI (Maoist) party in Elgar Parishad by way of which they directly provoked the violence in Bhima Koregaon as stated by the Maharshtra Police is unclear.

Bhima Koregaon violence: Dalit intellectuals dismiss Maharashtra Police's claims of instigation by radical Left
Greeshma Kuthar •The base of all the press statements made by the Maharashtra Police is that these ‘Maoists and Maoist-sympathisers’ instigated Dalits to riot at Bhima Koregaon, through their anti-State songs at Elgar Parishad, a programme organised by individuals and organisations in Pune on 31 December, 2017, a day before commemoration of Shourya Divas at Bhima Koregaon.

Bhima Koregaon case: SC dismisses Gautam Navlakha's petition seeking default bail
•Navlakha had sought bail on the grounds that the chargesheet in the case was not filed within the stipulated time period

Bhima Koregaon case: Bombay HC grants Varavara Rao six months interim bail, says 'genuine and fit case'
•The bail conditions include a direction to the accused in Elgar Parishad case to stay within the jurisdiction of the Mumbai NIA court for the bail period

Sharjeel Usmani booked in Pune over 'provocative speech' at Elgaar Parishad conclave
•Pradip Gavade, a local leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had filed a complaint with Swargate police station against Usmani for hurting religious sentiments

On the trail of Sambhaji Bhide: Ahead of Bhima Koregaon riots' 3rd anniversary, tracing the Hindutva leader's rise
Parth Mn •How image, ideology, outreach and political patronage took Sambhaji Bhide from RSS rebel to Sangli's kingmaker.


