The case pertains to an incident of caste violence that befell near the Bhima Koregaon. (File)
Kolkata:
Days after the Nationwide Investigating Firm summoned IISER-Kolkata professor Partho Sarothi Ray for questioning in reference to the Bhima Koregaon violence in 2018, the scientist and social activist on Sunday acknowledged he had nothing to do with the incident and the probe firm was attempting to “harass him, as has been the case with totally different intellectuals”.
Mr Ray moreover acknowledged that there was no value in the direction of him, and he had on no account visited the Bhima Koregaon memorial in Pune.
“The corporate (NIA) has summoned me as a witness inside the case, beneath half 160 CrPC. Subsequently, there are no costs in the direction of me. I’ve no reference to this case as I’ve on no account been to Bhima Koregaon. I wasn’t even acutely aware of the incident till I study it inside the newspapers,” he suggested PTI.
The Nationwide Investigation Firm (NIA) has issued a uncover to Mr Ray, who may be the convenor of Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee (PPSC) West Bengal unit, asking him to appear for questioning in its Mumbai office on September 10 in reference to the Bhima Koregaon violence.
The case pertains to an incident of caste violence that befell near the Bhima Koregaon warfare memorial on January 1, 2018, following alleged provocative speeches at Elgar Parishad conclave a day earlier. A lot of cars had been torched and one particular person killed inside the incident, triggering large scale dalit agitation in Maharashtra.
“That’s nothing nevertheless a tactic to harass and intimidate me, as is being accomplished with lecturers and intellectuals all through India. I am a biomedical scientist who has been involved inside the battle in the direction of COVID-19. I’ve moreover stood continually on the side of the persecuted and disadvantaged. It’s quite unfortunate that I’m being harassed on this technique at this very important time,” he acknowledged
