New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh police
today moved a Delhi court seeking custody of top Maoist leader
Kobad Ghandy, who is lodged in a jail in the national capital.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja sought a
report from Tihar Jail Superintendent on the application moved
by Andhra Pradesh (AP) police seeking custodial interrogation
of Ghandy, an ideologue of banned CPI-Maoist.
The AP police moved the application with a production
warrant issued by Additional Judicial Magistrate of Karimnagar
district, stating that he was wanted in a case registered with
the Karimnagar(rural) police station in 2008.
The court has put the application for hearing
tomorrow.
Ghandy, 63, has been booked under Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act. He was apprehended here on September 20.
He was under judicial custody till November 27.
Ghandy's release, along with two other leaders, was
reportedly demanded by Maoists for the safe return of abducted
Jharkhand police Inspector Francis Induwar who was later
beheaded near Ranchi earlier last month.
An alumni of the prestigious Doon School, Ghandy was
in the top echelons of erstwhile CPI-ML (People's War Group)
from 1981 and continued as Central Committee member in CPI
(Maoist). He was elected to CPI (Maoist) Politburo in 2007.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 18:13