<p>A special NIA court here on Friday remanded 82-year-old human rights activist Father Stan Swamy, arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, in judicial custody till October 23.</p>.<p>He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from his Ranchi residence of Thursday evening. He was produced before the special court here on Friday.</p>.<p>The court remanded him in judicial custody as the probe agency did not seek his remand.</p>.<p>Swamy, who had been questioned twice earlier by the Pune police and the NIA, was placed under arrest for his alleged links with the banned CPI (Maoist), NIA officials have said.</p>.<p>The cleric is the 16th person to be arrested in the case, in which people have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the anti-terror law UAPA.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/koregaon-bhima-panel-gets-final-extension-till-december-31-898312.html" target="_blank">Koregaon-Bhima panel gets final extension till December 31</a></strong></p>.<p>Violence had erupted in the vicinity of a war memorial in Koregaon Bhima near Pune on January 1, 2018, allegedly after provocative speeches were made during the Elgar Parishad conclave held a day earlier at Shaniwarwada in Pune city.</p>.<p>NIA officials said investigations established that Swamy was actively involved in the activities of the CPI (Maoist).</p>.<p>The NIA also alleged that he was in contact with "conspirators" - Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Hany Babu, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde to further the group's activities.</p>.<p>The agency alleged that Swamy had also received funds through an associate for furthering the agenda.</p>.<p>Besides, he is convenor of the Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee (PPSC), a frontal organisation of the CPI(Maoist), the officials claimed.</p>.<p>They said literature, propaganda material of the CPI (Maoist) and documents related to communications for furthering the group's programmes were seized from him.</p>.<p>In January this year, the Centre had transferred the probe into the Elgar Parishad case from Pune Police to the NIA.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the central probe agency filed its supplementary charge-sheet against Swamy and six other arrested accused- Navlakha, Teltumbde, Hany Babu and three members of Kabir Kala Manch Jyoti Raghoba Jagtap, Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor. </p>
<p>A special NIA court here on Friday remanded 82-year-old human rights activist Father Stan Swamy, arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, in judicial custody till October 23.</p>.<p>He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from his Ranchi residence of Thursday evening. He was produced before the special court here on Friday.</p>.<p>The court remanded him in judicial custody as the probe agency did not seek his remand.</p>.<p>Swamy, who had been questioned twice earlier by the Pune police and the NIA, was placed under arrest for his alleged links with the banned CPI (Maoist), NIA officials have said.</p>.<p>The cleric is the 16th person to be arrested in the case, in which people have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the anti-terror law UAPA.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/koregaon-bhima-panel-gets-final-extension-till-december-31-898312.html" target="_blank">Koregaon-Bhima panel gets final extension till December 31</a></strong></p>.<p>Violence had erupted in the vicinity of a war memorial in Koregaon Bhima near Pune on January 1, 2018, allegedly after provocative speeches were made during the Elgar Parishad conclave held a day earlier at Shaniwarwada in Pune city.</p>.<p>NIA officials said investigations established that Swamy was actively involved in the activities of the CPI (Maoist).</p>.<p>The NIA also alleged that he was in contact with "conspirators" - Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Hany Babu, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde to further the group's activities.</p>.<p>The agency alleged that Swamy had also received funds through an associate for furthering the agenda.</p>.<p>Besides, he is convenor of the Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee (PPSC), a frontal organisation of the CPI(Maoist), the officials claimed.</p>.<p>They said literature, propaganda material of the CPI (Maoist) and documents related to communications for furthering the group's programmes were seized from him.</p>.<p>In January this year, the Centre had transferred the probe into the Elgar Parishad case from Pune Police to the NIA.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the central probe agency filed its supplementary charge-sheet against Swamy and six other arrested accused- Navlakha, Teltumbde, Hany Babu and three members of Kabir Kala Manch Jyoti Raghoba Jagtap, Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor. </p>