Source: thehindu.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pune Police on Thursday submitted before the Bombay High Court that there is sufficient prima facie material to charge lawyer and trade unionist Sudha Bharadwaj under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for her alleged role in the Bhima Koregaon violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arguing before a single Bench of Justice S.V. Kotwal, additional public prosecutor Aruna Pai opposed Ms. Bharadwaj\u2019s bail and yet again relied upon documents from another accused Rona Wilson\u2019s laptop and call detail records (CDR) to say all of it added up as \u201ccorroborative evidence\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said they also show that Ms. Bharadwaj, vice-president of Indian Association of People\u2019s Lawyers (IAPL) along with another accused Prof Shoma Sen were part of a special women\u2019s meeting at Hyderabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court however pointed out that the CDR has shown that she was in Faridabad. Ms. Pai then said, \u201cinvestigation is still going on\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also read out several letters recovered from Mr. Wilson\u2019s laptop and another accused, advocate Surendra Gadling\u2019s computer that show Ms. Bharadwaj was part of a team to recruit young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said, \u201cIAPL, Anuradha Gandhi Memorial Committee (AGMC), Committee for Release of Political Prisoners, and Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee are frontal organisations of the banned Communist Party of India Maoists (CPI-M)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She mentioned a letter recovered from Mr. Gadling\u2019s computer that was on the letter head of CPI-M. When she read out another letter which was focusing on AGMC, the court said, \u201cit does not connect to the present application [by Ms. Bharadwaj] in anyway.\u201d Ms. Pai then said, \u201cthere is no direct connection\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. Pai also read out another letter recovered from Mr. Wilson\u2019s laptop, and quoted, \u201cwe need to come up with a proposal for initiating an All-India Anti-Fascist Front by strengthening Dalits and Muslim forces from Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala and Maharashtra.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms. Pai also began her arguments opposing activist Arun Ferreira\u2019s bail and said there is material against him to charge him under the UAPA for being a member of a banned organisation, for recruiting cadres, collecting funds and aiding and abetment. She will conclude her arguments on October 4.<\/p>\n