The claim is that the Elgar Parishad convention was responsible for the violence at the Bhima Koregaon site on January 2, 2018. Defence lawyers have repeatedly pointed out that there is not a shred of substantive evidence linking the accused to the Elgar Parishad. The Telugu litterateur Varavara Rao and the journalist Gautam Navlakha were kept under house arrest. The case of Varavara Rao, who tested positive for COVID 19, is particularly grave. Anand Teltumbde and Vernon Gonzalves asked for COVID-19 tests as they were in proximity to Varavara Rao.

Source: The Hindu August 22, 2020 01:30 UTC