Police claims that speeches made at Elgaar Parishad were at least partly responsible for instigating violence the next day. The Elgaar Parishad case became prominent because of the arrests of some high profile activists and lawyers, some of who are in jail for over a year now. The initial investigation had focused on the people and groups who had organized the Elgaar Parishad. Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani and former JNU student Umar Khalid were among those who had participated in Elgaar Parishad and made speeches. In June 2018, the Pune police had arrested five activists and lawyers from Pune, Nagpur and Delhi, claiming that these had links to banned Naxalite organization, CPI(Maoist) and had played a role in organizing the Elgaar Parishad.

Source: Indian Express January 24, 2020 16:52 UTC