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A Special NIA Court has rejected the application filed by Bhima Koregaon Violence accused Gautam Navlakha and Sagar Gorkhe seeking permission to use mosquito nets inside the jail.

The application had been filed by Navlakha and Gorkhe after their mosquito nets were taken away by the prison authorities.

Counsel appearing for the jail authorities submitted before the special judge Rajesh Katariya that the nets were taken away as the same can be used to strangulate themselves or others.

The court while rejecting the application allowed Navlakha and Gorkhe to use mosquito repellent, ointment, and incense.

Furthermore, the Court has directed the jail authorities to take measures to keep the mosquitoes away from the premises and get rid of unwanted plants.

The court has also directed that there should be a periodical spraying of anti-mosquito insecticides and fumigation and the same should be done every other week during the rainy season

Navlakha was arrested by Pune police from Delhi on August 28, 2018, in connection with the Elgar Parishad case.

The case relates to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Maharashtra's Pune district on December 31, 2017.

The Pune police had claimed that the event was backed by Maoists, and provocative speeches made there led to caste violence near the Bhima-Koregaon war memorial in the district the next day.

[Source: PTI]