Suspected Maoist slaps defamation case on government
January 4th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANSNagpur, Jan 4 (IANS) A suspected Maoist, Arun Ferreira Wednesday slapped a Rs.2.50 million defamation case against the Maharashtra government after walking free at the end of over four years in jail.
Lawyer Surendra Gadgil said the case had been filed in a local court, alleging violation of human rights and denial of fundamental rights to his client Ferriera while in custody.
Ferriera said he had been falsely accused of being a Maoist.
Hailing from Mumbai, Ferreira was nabbed by security forces in 2007 along with three others on charges of supporting an outlawed Maoist group.
Although Ferreira was released on bail in September 2010, he was re-arrested in some other Maoist-related cases.
In 2009, all four accused were acquitted after the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence against them. But it was only on Wednesday that Ferreira walked out of the Nagpur Central Jail.
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