Hyderabad, Dec. 23 -- Former People's War (PW) leader and Bharat Bachao national general secretary Gade Innaiah, aged 65, was produced before a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Hyderabad on Monday, December 22, in connection with a case alleging that he delivered speeches threatening India's sovereignty and promoting the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Innaiah was arrested by the NIA on Sunday from Jafferabad in Warangal district, Telangana. In its remand diary, the agency stated that the case stems from a condolence meeting held on October 18 in Warangal for Ramachandra Reddy alias Vikalp, a central committee member of the CPI (Maoist), who was killed in an alleged encounter with security forces.

According...