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Didn't confiscate Stan Swamy's sipper and straw, NIA tells Mumbai court; activist files fresh plea
•Swamy, arrested in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, also filed a bail plea in the special NIA court, citing health issues, including Parkinson's disease
Pinarayi Vijayan says arrest of tribal rights activist Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon case is 'unfortunate'
•Vijayan claimed the arrest of Swamy, who has been supporting the tribal agitations for land and forest rights, was a "move to muzzle dissenting voices"
Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police to seek FBI help to retrieve data from damaged hard disk seized from home of Telugu poet
•Pune Police have decided to seek help from FBI, the domestic intelligence and security service of the US, to retrieve data from a damaged hard disk seized from the house of Telugu poet Varavara Rao arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case,an official said on Thursday.
Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police raid activist Stan Swamy’s Ranchi residence; documents, electronic materials seized
•In connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, a Pune police team raided human right activist Father Stan Swamy's home in Ranchi on Wednesday
Father Stan Swamy, activist raided in Bhima Koregaon probe, irked govt with report on jailed tribals in Jharkhand
Manmohan Singh •After the Pune Police raid at his Ranchi home, Father Stan Swamy had said he had no connection with the Elgar Parishad event or the Bhima Koregaon violence.
Bhima Koregaon raids: P Chidambaram condemns arrests of activists, defends right to hold extreme views
•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