<span style="color: #222222;">The Pune Police has claimed before the Bombay High Court that activist Gautam Navlakha and the Naxal groups he is associated with, were in touch with Hizbul Mujahideen and Kashmiri separatist leaders.<br />''<br />''Pune police counsel Aruna Pai said, some of the documents recovered from the laptops of co-accused Rona Wilson and Surendra Gadling showed that Navlakha and various Naxal groups he was associated with had conducted bilateral talks with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists.<br />''<br />''Pune Police counsel said, Navlakha has been liaising with banned terrorist organisations, including Hizbul Mujahideen, since 2011.<br />''<br />''She said, between 2011 and 2014, Navlakha was in touch with Kashmiri separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Shakil Bakshi. Navlakha has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other offences. He moved the court seeking quashing of the FIR against him.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, a division bench of justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre extended protection from arrest granted to Navlakha till further orders. </span><br />