Pune/Noida, September 10
The Pune police on Tuesday conducted searches at the residence of Delhi University (DU) professor Hany Babu in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida city in connection with its probe into the 2017 Elgaar Parishad case for alleged Maoist links, according to officials.
Pune Assistant Commissioner of Police Shivaji Pawar said no arrest was made during the search operation at 45-year-old Babu’s house in Sector 78 of Noida, adjoining the national capital.
“We have conducted a search operation at Babu’s residence in Noida in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case registered at the Vishrambaug police station in Pune,” Pawar said, adding the police had recovered some electronic devices.
Babu, who teaches English at the Delhi University, was booked under IPC sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 and 121A (waging or attempting to wage war against government), 124A (sedition), among others.
The Noida police confirmed that only search and seizure operation was conducted at his residence. —PTI
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