Teltumbde visited US, Canada, Pak for furtherance of Maoist activities: NIA

Activist Anand Teltumbde an accused in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case used to visit countries like Canada Pakistan and the USA to further the activities of CPI Maoist at the international level the NIA told a special court here on WednesdayThe probe agency reiterated that Teltumbde accused number 10 is a senior member of the CPI Maoist and working in urban areas and claimed that there was evidence about the allocation of Rs 10 lakh by the CPI Maoist to him for his international campaign and visits for the furtherance of its agendaThe National Investigation Agency NIA made these claims in its written reply to the discharge plea filed by the activist before the special court judge D E KothalikarIn his plea filed through his lawyers Sathyanarayanan and Neeraj Yadav Teltumbde has claimed that the probe agency has not produced any material to show that he is a member of CPI Maoist or his alleged role in the ElgarParishad caseTeltumbde 70 was arrested in April 2020 for his alleged links to the Elgar Parishad case and has been lodged in Taloja jail in Navi MumbaiIn its reply the NIA said In order to further the activities of CPI Maoist on an international level he used to attend international conferences under the guise of his visits to Canada Pakistan USA France etcIn these conferences he used to exchange literature on ideology training and working strategy of CPI Maoist with international communist organisations it saidThe probe agency further said that the accused used to meet his brother Milind Telmambde during his urban area visits and share the literature of Maoist ideology collected during international conferencesThe Maoist literaturevideos were used for training and strategic development of party members after approval in Central Committee CC members meeting in the Abujmaad area the NIA addedRebutting a claim of Anand Teltumbde the agency said that investigation has revealed that the role of the accused Teltumbde in connection with the Bhima Koregaon programme was appreciated by the Central Committee of CPI Maoist and there is evidence on record that a direction was given to him to keep the fire ablazeThere are evidences on record about the allocation of Rs 10 lakh from the end of CPI Maoist to Anand for his international campaign and visits for the furtherance of the CPI Maoist agenda the central probe agency saidThe NIA further said its investigation has revealed that accused Anand Teltumbde is a senior member of the CPI Maoist and working in urban areasHe was in contact with arrested accused Sudhir Dhawale Rona Wilson Surendra Gadling Mahesh Raut Shoma Sen Varavara Rao Gautam Navlakha SudhaBharadwaj Arun Ferriera Vernon Gonsalves Stan Swamy deceased Hany Babu and members of the CPI Maoist He was the general secretary of CPDR and a member of Anuradha Ghandy Memorial Committee AGMCThe probe agency said that evidence collected during the investigation revealed that Teltumbde was one of the conveners of Elgar Parishad and Bhima Koregaon Shauryadin Prerna Abhiyan programme and was present at Shaniwar Wada in Pune when the Parishad was held on December 31 2017The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31 2017 which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the KoregaonBhima war memorial located on the citys outskirtsThe Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by MaoistsThe probe in the case in which more than a dozen activists and academicians have been named as accused was later transferred to the NIA The court will hear the matter further on May 23This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever