Maoists plot to assassinate Modi, Fadnavis revealed, claim police

pune — Police, investigating the Maoist links to the KoregaonBhima caste riots, have stumbled upon letters that point to plans to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, officials said here on Friday.

Police have also released pictures of four more persons involved in the Koregaon-Bhima riots of January 1, that left one person dead, and appealed to the public to inform them of their whereabouts.

One of the incriminating letters has been found from the home of Delhi-based activist Rona Wilson, who was among the five activists arrested from different parts of India on Wednesday as part of the probe into the riots conspiracy and “urban Maoist sympathisers”.

The letter refers to a requirement of Rs80 million to procure M-4 rifles and 400,000 rounds and speaks of “another Rajiv Gandhi-type incident”. The investigators claimed that the communication seized from the laptop says that “Modi has successfully established BJP government in more than 15 states... if this pace continues, then it would mean immense trouble for the Maoist party on all fronts”.

Accordingly, they were thinking along the lines of “another Rajiv Gandhi-type incident” by “targeting his roadshows” which they thought “could be an effective strategy”.

“It sounds suicidal and there is a good chance we might fail but we feel the party must deliberate over our proposal,” one of the letter reads. —