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Activist and Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde sent to NIA custody

Teltumbde, the grandson-in-law of Dr B R Ambedkar, was arrested by the NIA earlier in the day after he surrendered in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case.

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Mumbai: A special court here on Tuesday remanded Dalit scholar and activist Anand Teltumbde in the custody of the National Investigation Agency till April 18 in Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case.

Teltumbde was arrested by the NIA earlier in the day after he surrendered before it following the Supreme Court’s directives.

Teltumbde is the grandson-in-law of Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar, whose 129th birth anniversary is being observed on Tuesday.

Civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, a co-accused in the case, also surrendered before the NIA in Delhi. His anticipatory bail plea was also rejected by the apex court.


Also read: Going to jail now virtual death sentence: Bhima Koregaon activists seek time to surrender


 

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