ED moves court seeking to record activist Navlakha's statement in money laundering case

MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate has moved the special NIA court seeking to record the statement of activist Gautam Navlakha in a money laundering case. The court will hear arguments on the maintainability of the plea on Wednesday.
Navlakha was arrested last year in the Elgar Parishad case and has been in custody ever since. The NIA in its chargesheet has said on December 31, 2017, Elgar Parishad at Shaniwarwada, Pune, was funded by the banned CPI (Maoist) as part of a conspiracy to create unrest. The agency alleged that provocative speeches by the activists of Kabir Kala Manch promoted enmity between various caste groups.
In a chargesheet submitted earlier, a witness had described Navlakha as a Maoist sympathiser. "Navlakha has written books on Maoists, he has visited the jungles along with Swedish writer (not named in statement) and met Maoist leaders. Navlakha has participated in meet of Release of G N Saibaba Defence Committee. Navlakha always speaks on Left-oriented politics. Navlakha is a good friend of Varavara Rao," the chargesheet said.