The Nationwide Investigation Company on Thursday carried out searches at a number of areas in Hyderabad, together with the house of journalist N Venugopal, reported The New Indian Categorical.
Venugopal, the editor of Veekshanam journal, is the son-in-law of Varavara Rao.
Rao is amongst 15 individuals who’ve been charged beneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act for allegedly conspiring to set off caste violence within the Bhima Koregaon village close to Pune in 2018. He was granted bail on medical grounds in August 2022.
The raids on Venugopal’s home are reportedly in reference to him having hyperlinks to Sanjoy Deepak Rao, chief of the banned Communist Occasion of India (Maoist).
Raids have been additionally performed at activist Ravi Sharma’s residence on the identical allegations.
Sanjoy Deepak Rao, needed in a number of instances, was arrested by the Cyberabad Police’s intelligence division in September. The police had stated on the time that Sanjoy Deepak Rao was the secretary of the Western Ghat Particular Zonal Committee, South Regional Bureau, and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Occasion of India (Maoist), reported The Indian Categorical.
Earlier, the Maharashtra authorities had introduced a reward of Rs 25 lakh to anybody who may give details about Sanjoy Deepak Rao.
Following the raids, Venugopal said that his cellphone was seized.
“Regardless of my objections citing the same ongoing court docket case the place cellphone confiscation was challenged, the NIA staff seized my cellphone within the raid,” he was quoted as saying by The New Indian Categorical. “A staff of eight members got here at 5 am and revealed their search warrant once I allow them to inside.”
He stated that the anti-terror company additionally confiscated some essays he had written in regards to the threatening letters that have been despatched by gangster Nayeemuddin – who died in 2016 – to a number of people in 2013.