Mumbai, Oct. 1 -- Dalit rights activist and academic Dr Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, today withdrew his plea seeking permission to travel to the UK and Amsterdam to deliver lectures and attend seminars after the Bombay High Court orally said that it was not inclined to permit him.
The division bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale during the hearing of his plea noted that he could either deliver the lectures virtually or not go at all.
During the hearing, the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) strongly opposed the plea stating that Teltumbde may abscond if allowed to travel to Amsterdam and the United Kingdom. "Give virtual lectures. Or don't go," the bench remarked.
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