A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday directed the Central agency to provide clone copies of all the evidence relied upon by it in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence case.
The court was scheduled to begin arguments on framing of charges against the accused in the case. However, advocates appearing for three accused said they were not given all the clone copies. Special NIA judge DE Kothalikar, therefore, directed the NIA to do so under section 207 (supply to the accused a copy of police report and other documents) of the Code of Criminal Procedure by April 28.
The accused are Arun Ferreira, Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor and Jyoti Jagtap, activist of the Kabir Kala Manch, a troupe made up of Dalit and working-class musicians and poets who came together after the Hindu-Muslim riots of 2002.
