: Bhima-Koregaon case: JNU, TISS students were drafted for terror, says NIA (Ld) #IndiaNEWS #Accident By Quaid Najmi Anand SinghMumbai/New Delhi, Aug 23 | In stunning revelations, the National Investigation

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Bhima-Koregaon case: JNU, TISS students were drafted for terror, says NIA (Ld) #IndiaNEWS #Accident
By Quaid Najmi Anand SinghMumbai/New Delhi, Aug 23 | In stunning revelations, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said that the 22 main accused in the Bhima-Koregaon and Elgar Parishad cases had allegedly recruited students of at least two top Indian universities for terror activities in the country, including Maharashtra.
The NIA statement comes in the draft charges filed in the twin cases against 16 arrested accused and six other absconders in the sensational cases that have rocked the Indian polity for the past four years.
As per the NIA, the accused had recruited students from various universities, including the reputed Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai), for the commission of terrorist activities.
The draft charges were filed before the NIA special court last week after its main and supplementary chargesheets were filed earlier, after long investigations into the two cases.
When contacted, NIA sources declined to comment, saying the agency has already filed its chargesheet in the case and the draft charges are court documents.
Among other things, the accused are charged with promoting the activities and ideologies of banned outfits, and mobilising and training people and students in handling sophisticated arms and explosives.
Reacting to the developments, Pune-based social activist Prafful Sarda wondered if the NIAs contentions are true, why the current BJP government at the Centre gave maximum aid of Rs 1,515 crore to JNU, as per the figures provided under RTI.
Does it mean that the Centre is funding and giving subsidies to such terror institutions? A reminder, even Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanji is a JNU alumnus, said Sarda.
The NIAs draft charges say the larger objective was to conspire against and destabilise the governments of India and Maharashtra and threaten their sovereignty with large-scale violence.
To achieve these objectives, the accused through a banned Leftist organisation and its frontal outfits had arranged to raise Rs 8 crore for annual supplies of sophisticated weapons, the NIA said.
These include: Chinese QLZ87 Automatic Grenade Launcher, Russian GM-94 Grenade Launcher, M-4 carbines with 4,00,000 rounds, nitrate powder, wires, nails, logistics, and procuring arms from suppliers in Manipur and neighbouring Nepal to undermine the Centre and the Maharashtra government.
The arrested accused in the cases are: Sudhir P. Dhawale, Vernon S. Gonsalves (both from Mumbai), Arun T. Fereira from Thane, Sagar Gorkhe from Ahmednagar, Ramesh Gaichor from Pune, Surendra P. Gadling, Shoma K. Sen, Mahesh S. Raut (all from Nagpur), and Anand B. Teltumbde from Yavatmal all in Maharashtra.

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