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Police secure custody of Roopesh
The District and Sessions Court here on Thursday sent Maoist leader Roopesh to police custody till September 16. He was produced before the court on a warrant issued to the Central Prison, Coimbatore. Roopesh was the prime accused in a case registered by the Vellamunda police. According to the police, Roopesh and four others barged into the house of Pramod, a police constable at Mattilayam near Vellamunda, on April 24, 2014, with machine guns and shouting slogans against the government of India. Later, they set fire to his motorcycle kept on the premises of the house. The accused was charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Indian Arms Act, and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1969. On an application filed by Public Prosecutor P. Anupaman, Sessions Judge M.R. Anitha granted the police custody of Roopesh for six days.
Maoist couple permitted to meet for 5 minutes
COIMBATORE: The principal district judge (PDJ) court allowed Maoist couple Shyna and Roopesh to interact with each other for five minutes in the court hall, after they alleged that the prison authorities and escort police were not allowing them to meet. Advocate Balamurugan who appeared on behalf of the Maoists told in the court that Roopesh and Shyna were not allowed to meet at the prison. As per the prison manual, co-accused can meet in person at the prison complex. But Shyna has not been allowed to meet her husband for last two weeks.
The advocate requested the court to allow the couple to meet inside the court hall. Following the request, the court had granted five minutes for their meeting. Later, the court postponed the case to October 7. All the five Maoists were taken to Coimbatore central prison from the court by the city police.
Custody of Maoists, sympathisers extended till October 7
The Principal District Sessions Judge (PDSJ) on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Maoist leader Roopesh, his wife Shyna and sympathisers J. Anoop, C. Kannan and C. Veeramani till October 7. They were arrested at an eatery at Karumathampatty in the late hours of May 3, 2015. Charge sheet Their Counsel S. Balamurugan argued that the judicial custody should not be extended as the five were in jail for more than four months, as the charge sheet was yet to be filed.
The PDSJ Pongiappan asked if the five would give their signature and handwriting samples – over a petition moved by ‘Q’ Branch Police a couple of months ago – to verify the same with documents seized from them during their arrest. Mr. Balamurugan said that a petition submitted by them in this connection was pending before the Madras High Court, due to which the signature samples cannot be obtained from them on Wednesday.
Mr. Balamurugan also said that they filed a petition before the court, alleging that prison authorities were acting highhanded by blacking out news items on prisons and political developments on the newspaper being provided to them at the prison. He argued that this was against the right to know, despite an order by the PDSJ to the prison authorities last month, to abide by the prison manual. Earlier, on a request made by Shyna, the PDSJ allowed her to talk with her husband for five minutes in court.