The Pune Police have filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court opposing Bhima Koregaon-accused activist Rona Wilson’s petition to quash ...
The Pune Police have filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court opposing Bhima Koregaon-accused activist Rona Wilson’s petition to quash the chargesheet filed against him, Live Law reported on Tuesday.
Several activists and academics have been accused of making inflammatory speeches at the Elgar Parishad conclave held at Shaniwar Wada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the authorities claim triggered violence at Bhima-Koregaon war memorial the next day. One person was killed and several others were injured in the incident. Many have been jailed in connection with the violence.
Wilson had said in his petition in February that the “incriminating evidence” investigators found on his computer was planted, according to The Indian Express. His petition referred to a report by Arsenal Consulting, a United States digital forensics firm, which found that an attacker allegedly used malware to infiltrate Wilson’s laptop before his arrest in 2018 and deposited at least 10 incriminating letters on his computer.
The Pune Police used letters it found on the laptop as its primary evidence in the chargesheet they filed in case. Another report by the firm in July revealed that the computer of advocate Surendra Gadling, another detainee in the case, was also hacked to plant evidence.
However, in their affidavit, the police denied this. “This report [from Arsenal Consulting]...
