By Scroll Staff
The National Investigation Agency on Thursday carried out searches at several locations in Hyderabad, including the home of journalist N Venugopal, reported The New Indian Express.
Venugopal, the editor of Veekshanam magazine, is the son-in-law of Varavara Rao.
Rao is among 15 persons who have been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly conspiring to set off caste violence in the Bhima Koregaon village near Pune in 2018. He was granted bail on medical grounds in August 2022.
The raids on Venugopal’s house are reportedly in connection with him having links to Sanjoy Deepak Rao, leader of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Raids were also conducted at activist Ravi Sharma’s home on the same allegations.
Sanjoy Deepak Rao, wanted in several cases, was arrested by the Cyberabad Police’s intelligence department in September. The police had said at the time that Sanjoy Deepak Rao was the secretary of the Western Ghat Special Zonal Committee, South Regional Bureau, and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), reported The Indian Express.
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