UAPA being misused to terrorise people into silence: Teltumbde

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 29 2018 | 5:15 PM IST

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Civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde, whose house was raided along with those of several other Left-wing activists over suspected Maoist links, today said the government was "misusing" the draconian UAPA law to terrorise people into "silence" by targeting select intellectuals and activists.

The Maharashtra Police had yesterday raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least five of them as part of a probe into the violence between Dalits and upper caste Peshwas at Koregaon-Bhima village near Pune after an 'Elgar Parishad' conclave on

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First Published: Aug 29 2018 | 5:15 PM IST

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