2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist Links Case: Court Allows Accused To Travel To Hyderabad For Eye Surgery

A special NIA court in Mumbai has recently allowed activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to travel Hyderabad to undergo cataract surgery.

Judge Rajesh Katariya permitted Rao to travel to the Telangana capital between December 5 & 11 for his left eye surgery.

The court stated that he must report to the National Investigation Agency on December 4 and furnish details of his journey and the address and contact number of the place where he would be staying in Hyderabad.

The court also warned the activist not to misuse the liberty granted to him.

Rao got arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case in 2018 and granted temporary bail on medical grounds in March 2021 by the Bombay High Court.

Previously in August 2022, the top court granted him regular bail on medical grounds.

One of the conditions in the bail order was that Rao shall not leave the jurisdiction of the special NIA court in Mumbai without the court’s permission.

Last month, the high court allowed Rao to travel to Hyderabad for a week to undergo cataract surgery on the right eye.

A division bench headed by Justice AS Gadkari stated that once he returned, he could approach the trial court seeking permission to travel again for surgery on the other eye.

Rao and many other Left-leaning activists that were booked in connection with alleged provocative speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017.

The Pune police claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists, and the speeches made their triggered violence near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune district the next day.

Later, the NIA took over the probe into the case.

Meera Verma

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