Hyderabad: Top Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy was arrested by the Jharkhand police in Achampet of Nagarkurnool district on Saturday. Mr Ghandy had come to attend trial at the Junior First Class Magistrate Court there. The case pertains to an attack on the Amrabad police station and he was charged with possessing explosives to help the Maoists. The case has been pending since March 2010.
As soon as Mr Ghandy came out of the Achampet court, a police team from Jharkhand which was waiting outside whisked him away. Ghandy was later produced before a court in Hyderabad where the Jharkhand police secured a transit warrant and took him to Bokaro in a case pending against him since 2007.
Mr Ghandy was released on bail three days ago from a Visakhapatnam jail, where he was kept since April in connection with a few cases.The Revolutionary Writers Association and the Civil Liberties Committee (CLC) condemned the arrest of Ghandy and termed it an “illegal detention.” Mr Ghandy has to appear before another court in Bellampalli of Mancherial district of Telangana state on December 20. He was planning to return to Mumbai, his native city, after that.
