Thread by @Article14live

With #StanSwamy's death, there are now 15 accused in jail for alleged involvment in #BhimaKoregaon case, alleged conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister #NarendraModi, overthrow govt & wage war against India.
This THREAD takes you govt claims, evidence & profiles of accused
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The 15 are charged under 10 sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA), whose legal processes, as @abhinavsekhri10's July 2020 analysis showed, render a person’s guilt or innocence irrelevant. article-14.com/post/how-the-u…
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#NIA never sought #StanSwamy's custody, alleged he was "a member of the CPI Maoist” & recd Rs 8 lakh. It said an org for prisoners, which he set up with #SudhaBharadwaj, was a Maoist front. @ChitrangadaC wrote how he served dispossessed for 50 yrs article-14.com/post/why-an-ag…
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In Oct 2020, @jyotipunwani wrote of a 33-year-old called Jyoti Jagtap, who sang against #Hindutva, casteism, inequality, and, in Sept, became the third member of a cultural troupe to be arrested in the #BhimaKoregaon as its youngest accused. article-14.com/post/the-young…
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In Aug 2020, we wrote how #NIA alleged #SudhaBharadwaj was leader of banned Maoist party, smuggling arms, planting booby traps; how that contrasted sharply with her life of public service among some of India’s most exploited people article-14.com/post/the-sudha…
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In July 2020, we wrote of Adivasi rights defender Mahesh Raut, former fellow of a prestigious prime ministerial programme, accused of spreading Maoist ideology, accused in 2018 of plotting #PM's assassination, an accusation never mentioned since article-14.com/post/another-b…
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In April 2021, @shreegireesh wrote how US forensic analysis company found evidence of 22 files planted in accused Rona Wilson's computer. These files are key evidence in the #BhimaKoregaon case & led to arrests of 16 accused, all in jail without trial
article-14.com/post/in-bhima-…
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