MUMBAI, Oct. 2 -- Civil rights activist Dr Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon violence case, on Wednesday withdrew his plea seeking permission to travel to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (UK) to attend academic assignments, after the Bombay High Court expressed disinclination to allow the plea. Referring to the rejection of his discharge application from the Bhima Koregaon conspiracy case by the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in May 2024, the court expressed its apprehension in permitting the activist to travel overseas. "Now the circumstance is that the discharge application has been rejected. Therefore, there is an apprehension. We are not inclined," said the bench, suggesting that Teltumbde deliver virtual lectures instead of pursuing pleas for foreign travel. The remarks prompted the activist to withdraw his plea. Special NIA Judge Rajesh J Katariya had rejected Teltumbde's discharge application, observing that the material placed on record revealed his alleged involvement in the conspiracy and further disclosed "grave suspicion". "Whether or not those allegations are true is a matter which cannot be determined at the stage of framing of charges. Any such determination can take place only at the conclusion of trial," the special judge had said. Teltumbde had moved the high court seeking permission to travel to the Netherlands and the UK, from April 1 to May 15. His plea had stated that as a Dalit scholar and academician, he had been invited to many universities for academic assignments. The plea contained details of the invitation from the Leiden Institute for Asia Studies, Leiden University in the Netherlands, Nottingham Trent University in the UK and three other universities in the UK, including the University of Oxford. Teltumbde had been granted permission to travel within the country in the past, but this plea marks the first time he had sought permission to travel abroad....