Court to record Kobad Ghandy's statement on Dec 11

A Delhi court would next month record the statement of top Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy, arrested for allegedly trying to set up a base for banned outfit CPI (Maoist) here.
Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh fixed December 11 to record the statement of Ghandy and Rajender Kumar alias Arvind Joshi, both of whom are facing trial in the case.
"Put up for statement of accused under section 313 CrPC on December 11," the court said.
65-year-old Ghandy is in custody in connection with this case since September 2009 and facing trial for the alleged offences punishable under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act(UAPA) and various provisions of the IPC.

The court had earlier framed charges against Rajender Kumar under various sections of the IPC.
Ghandy, an alumnus of the prestigious Doon School and St Xavier's College Mumbai, is facing prosecution in around 20 criminal and terror cases in different parts of the country.

According to the police, he was said to be part of the top leadership of erstwhile CPI-ML (People's War Group) since 1981. He allegedly continued as a Central Committee member in CPI (Maoist) after the merger with People's War Group and was elected to the Maoist Politburo in 2007.
Ghandy was arrested by Special Cell of Delhi Police for allegedly trying to set up a base for CPI (Maoist) in Delhi.

The court had on July 16, 2012 framed charges against him for allegedly being a member of the banned outfit and furthering its activities in violation of the UAPA and charged under sections 20 and 38 of UAPA.
The court had also framed charges against Rajender Kumar under IPC sections of cheating, forgery for the purpose of cheating, criminal conspiracy and cheating by impersonation.
Ghandy was earlier absolved by the court of terror charges due to want of proper sanction. Later, a fresh charge sheet was filed by special cell with another sanction for his prosecution under the provisions of UAPA. Thereafter, he was charged with the offences under UAPA.

He is also facing trial for allegedly committing forgery, cheating and impersonation.