No relief to Gadling in 2016 arson case

z HC says prima facie accusations of his involvement in the incident true z ‘Reasonable ground to believe Gadling member of banned CPI (M) organization’

First India Bureau

Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday denied bail to advocate Surendra Gadling in connection with the 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case.

A division comprising Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Valmiki SA

Menezes noted that prima facie the accusations against Gadling are true.

On December 25, 2016, Maoists allegedly set ablaze 76 vehicles that were being used for transporting iron ore from Surajgarh mines in Gadchiroli.

In the judgment, the bench noted that perusal of the material submitted by the prosecution shows reasonable ground to believe that the accusations against Gadling are “prima facie true”.

“We have arrived at the prima facie conclu-

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