elgar parishad: Elgar Parishad case accused Anand Teltumbde launched from Navi Mumbai jail

Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlinks case, was on Saturday launched from the Taloja central jail in Navi Mumbai, a day after the Supreme Court docket rejected the Nationwide Investigation Company’s (NIA) plea difficult the bail granted to him, an official stated. Teltumbde, 73, who spent two-and-a-half years behind bars within the case, walked out of the jail round 1.15 pm, he stated.

“On Friday, the apex court docket had dismissed the NIA’s plea difficult the Bombay Excessive Court docket’s order giving bail to Teltumbde. Accordingly, he was launched after the completion of bail formalities,” he stated.

On November 18, the excessive court docket had granted bail to Teltumbde, who was arrested by the central company on April 14, 2020, after he surrendered earlier than the NIA, the official stated.

Teltumbde is the third of the 16 accused arrested within the case to be launched on bail.
Poet Varavara Rao is presently out on bail on well being grounds whereas lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj is out on common bail.

The case pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches made on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the following day close to the Koregaon-Bhima conflict memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra metropolis.

Pune Police had additionally claimed that the conclave was organised by some individuals with alleged Maoist hyperlinks.

A First Data Report was lodged by Pune Police on January 8, 2018, underneath the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

The NIA later took over the case.

Teltumbde had claimed he was not current on the December 31, 2017 Elgar Parishad occasion held in Pune metropolis, nor made any provocative speeches.