: Bhima Koregaon draft charges: No mention of plot to assassinate Modi #IndiaNEWS The National Investigation Agency has submitted before a special court in Mumbai 17 draft charges against the 15 accused

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Bhima Koregaon draft charges: No mention of plot to assassinate Modi #IndiaNEWS
The National Investigation Agency has submitted before a special court in Mumbai 17 draft charges against the 15 accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, PTI reported on Monday. The charges do not mention any plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi – a major accusation against those jailed in the case. The charges, however, include “waging a war� against the country and a conspiracy to arrange weapons “to attempt or cause death of public functionary�.Sixteen human rights lawyers, professors, poets and tribal rights activists had been arrested for allegedly plotting caste violence in a village near Pune in 2018.Tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, one of the accused in the case, died in custody in July this year after being repeatedly denied bail despite his frail health. Varavara Rao, an 81-year-old Telugu poet, was granted bail on medical grounds for six months in February. Fourteen others remain jailed in Maharashtra, charged under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The NIA’s case against the accused is based on letters that claim to provide evidence of a conspiracy to “overthrow the lawfully established Indian government using weapons procured from Russia and China�. However, in February this year, a United States-based digital forensics firm found that at least 10 incriminating letters were...Read more

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