Bhima Koregaon violence: SC defers hearing, house arrest of activists extended
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) :The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred hearing on the Bhima Koregaon case till September 12 and extended the house arrest of the five activists until then, reports said.
Appearing for Romila Thapar, who has challenged the Pune Police's action, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi pleaded the Supreme Court to order an independent probe into the case under its monitoring.
A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, asked the Maharashtra Police what strong evidence it has to prove that the five activists were involved in planning and execution of violence in the country with the help of Maoists.
The Maharashtra Police had on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that five rights activists belong to banned terrorist outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist) and are engaged in planning and execution of large-scale violence, having the potential of destabilizing the society.
Seeking the vacation of the August 29 order by which five activists were put under house arrest and seeking their custodial interrogation, the state police urged the court to permit it to take them in its (police) custody and interrogate them in accordance with the law.
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