Varavara Rao
Bhima Koregaon case: Poet-activist Varavara Rao gets bail for 6 months
Mumbai/IBNS: The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail to poet-activist Varavara Rao, who has been jailed in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, for six months, media reports said.
He is presently undergoing medical treatment at Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital.
However, Rao has been barred by the court from travelling outside Mumbai. He has been asked to be available for investigation whenever needed.
The activist will have to submit his passport to the National Investigation Agency, personal bond of Rs. 50,000 and two sureties of the same amount and has been forbidden to establish any contact with the co-accused.
The event, called the Elgar Parishad, was organised to commemorate the Battle of Bhima Koregaon between the East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy in 1818.
It may be recalled that violence broke out between Dalits and upper castes in the village of Bhima-Koregaon near Pune on Jan 1, 2018, a day after the event, allegedly due to the incendiary speeches made by some activists at the Elgar Parishad event.
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