Elgar Parishad Case: After Sharad Pawar seeks SIT formation, Centre gives case to NIA |Oneindia

Elgar Parishad Case: After Sharad Pawar seeks SIT formation, Centre gives case to NIA |Oneindia

JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE MAHARASHTRA HOME MINISTER ANIL DESHMUKH, DEPUTY MINISTER AJIT PAWAR AND PUNE POLICE CONVENED A MEETING ON THE 2018- BHIA KOREGAON CASEE, THE UNION HOME MINISTRY HAS TRANSFERRED THE ELGAR PARISHAD CASE TO THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY.

ACCORDING TO PUNE POLICE, THE ELGAR PARISHAD HELD A MEETING IN PUNE ON DECEMBER 31, 2017 WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY MAOISTS AND INFLAMMATORY SPEECHES MADE AT THE EVENT WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO CASTE VIOLENCE AT KOREGAON-BHIMA WAR MEMORIAL IN THE DISTRICT THE NEXT DAY.

PUNE POLICE HAD ARRESTED NINE ACTIVISTS SUDHIR DHAWALE, RONA WILSON, SURENDRA GADLING, MAHESH RAUT, SHOMA SEN, ARUN FERREIRA, VERNON GONSALVES, SUDHA BHARADWAJ AND VARAVARA RAO IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE.

BUT THE ENTIRE CASE WILL NOW BE PROBED BY THE CENTRAL AGENCY