DU professor held in Elgar Parishad case
New Delhi, July 28
The NIA today said it had arrested another accused, Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil, an associate professor with University of Delhi, in connection with the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case. Hany Babu (54), is a resident of Gautam Buddha Nagar in UP.
Officials said Hany Babu would be produced before a NIA special court in Mumbai on Wednesday to seek his police remand for interrogation. Officials alleged Babu was propagating Naxal activities and Maoist ideology and was a co-conspirator with other arrested accused in the case.
They said the case pertains to inciting people and giving provocative speeches during Elgar Parishad at Shaniwarwada, Pune, on December 31, 2017, which led to large scale violence, loss of life and property and state-wide agitation in Maharashtra. — TNS
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