<span style="color: black;">A special court in Mumbai today extended till August 7, the NIA custody of Delhi University's associate professor Hany Babu, who was arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad case.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">54 year old Hany Babu was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last week for his alleged involvement in the case.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">The NIA submitted that the accused had links with the CPI Maoists. The special court had last week remanded him in NIA custody till August 4.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">Seeking his custody further, the NIA informed the court that some 1.26 lakh mails have been recovered from his email account and they need to be scrutinised.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">The NIA further said investigations revealed that Babu was in contact with the other arrested accused and they were involved in raising fund for Maoists released from prison, and further probe in this regard was underway.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">NIA said that it came to light during the probe that a conspiracy was hatched by the accused persons, who promoted enmity between various caste groups leading to violence, loss of life and statewide agitation.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">After hearing the probe agency's submission, special court judge R R Bhosale granted the accused's custody to NIA for three more days.</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra city.</span><br />