Varavara Rao and 9 different activists have been arrested by Maharashtra police.
Hyderabad:
Two sons-in-law of Telugu poet and author Varavara Rao, who has been arrested in reference to the Elgar Parishad case, on Monday stated they’ve been issued notices by the NIA in search of their look earlier than the company.
Okay Satyanarayana, professor on the city-based English and Overseas Languages College (EFLU), and the opposite son-in-law, a journalist with an English enterprise every day, stated they obtained the notices despatched by theNational Investigation Company, Mumbai, asking them to look earlier than itas witness on September 9.
Okay Satyanarayana stated he has no reference to the case.
In August 2018, the Maharashtra Police had raided the residence of the professor.
Varavara Rao and 9 different activists have been arrested by Maharashtra police within the Elgar Parishad-Maoist hyperlink case which was initially probed by the Pune police and transferred to the NIA in January this 12 months.
The case pertains to alleged inflammatory speeches made on the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune in December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the subsequent day close to the Koregaon-Bhima warfare memorial.
The NIA notices search their (professor and the journalist) look/attendance as a witness “for answering sure questions concerning the case together with supporting paperwork.”
“It’s a proven fact that I’m associated to Varavara Rao however I reiterate that I’ve no reference to the case, ” Satyanarayana stated in a press release.
“NIA discover provides to our household misery at a time when Varavara Rao’s well being situation just isn’t superb and the (COVID-19) pandemic is quick spreading in Mumbai. I used to be summoned to Mumbai in these horrible instances,” he stated.
The Pune police additionally claimed that the conclave was organised by individuals with alleged Maoists hyperlinks.
