<span style="color: #222222;">A Special Court in Mumbai today remanded activist Anand Teltumbde to judicial custody in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case and rejected his plea for temporary bail, which he sought in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The National Investigation Agency had arrested Teltumbde on 14th of April after he surrendered before it following the Supreme Court's directives. He was produced before Special NIA Court Judge A T Wankehede, who remanded him to NIA custody.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In his bail application, Teltumbde said, he was suffering from respiratory problems and was at risk of contracting the deadly infection while in prison. The court, however, rejected his plea.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Teltumbde, civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha and nine others were booked under stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for allegedly having Maoist links and conspiring to overthrow the BJP-led Government. The activists were initially booked by the Pune police following violence that erupted at Koregaon-Bhima in the district.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to police, the activists made inflammatory speeches and provocative statements at the Elgar Parishad meet held in Pune on 31st December, 2017 that triggered violence the next day. The police also said that these activists were active members of banned Maoist groups. The probe was later transferred to the NIA.</span><br />''  <br />