ELGAR CASE: ACCUSED SEN MOVES HC OVER SLAPPING OF UAPA CHARGES

MUMBAI: Professor Shoma Sen, an accused in the Elgar-Parishad Maoists links case, has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the charges invoked against her under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The academic was arrested in June 2018 and has been lodged in the Byculla women's prison here since then. In her plea filed earlier this month in the HC, Sen has cited a report ofa US-based digital forensics firm that claimed a cyber attacker had used a malware to infiltrate a laptop belonging to activist Rona Wilson before his arrest, and inserted at least 10 incriminating letters on his computer.