Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has asked the accused of the Bhima Koregaon violence. Yesterday, while hearing the bail application of Vernon Gonsalves, accused in the Elgar Council-Bhima Koregaon case, the court questioned Gonsalves as to why there were CDs and books containing anti-national material in your house. The names of these books and CDs are prima facie reflected in the anti-national content.

The court specifically mentioned the Marxist archives recovered from Gonsalves' house, a CD titled "Anti-State Suppression" of Kabir Kala Manch and Russian writer Leo Tolstoy's literary work 'War and Peace'. A bench of justices Sarang Kotwal said in a questionable manner, "The name of the anti-state suppression CD itself says that it has something against the nation, while the 'war and peace' is about the war in another country. Why did you have these books and CDs at home? You have to tell the court.

The provocative speeches made by the Council held in Pune on December 31, 2017, led to ethnic violence in Bhima-Koregaon area, killing one person and injuring a large number of people. At the same time, there was extensive damage to government property. The council had arrested a large number of people, including Gonsalves, who was investigating the wire connection of Naxalite outfits. Gonsalves was arrested under the Unlawfully Activity (Prevention) Act. Shoma Sen, Rauna Wilson, Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira, and Gautam Navalkha were also arrested in the case. The whole episode was very gritty for the Central Government.

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