“Activist Gautam Navlakha Owes ₹ 1.64 Crore For House Arrest Security: Anti-Terror Agency”, NDTV, March 7, 2024:
“The National Investigation Agency on Thursday told the Supreme Court that Gautam Navlakha is required to make a payment of ₹ 1.64 crore towards expenses for making available police personnel for his security during house arrest even as the activist’s lawyer disputed the figure and accused the agency of “extortion”.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the NIA, told a bench of justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti that 70-year-old Navlakha, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has only paid an amount of ₹ 10 lakh till now as part of expenses incurred for round-the-clock security.
“He must pay some amount,” Mr Raju said.
Senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for Mr Navlakha, contested the figure of ₹ 1.64 crore saying the agency’s calculation of the amount payable was wrong and contrary to the relevant rules…..”
Read the full article at NDTV.com
