The five accused in custody were arrested in June as part of the investigation by the Pune police regarding alleged Maoist connection to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31 last year.
Supreme Court has ordered that the 5 activists, arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, should be kept under house arrest.
Maharashtra Police had arrested activists -- Sudha Bhardwaj, Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Vernon Gonsalves, and Arun Ferreira -- on Tuesday.
Congress spokesperson Jaipal Reddy also condemned the raids and arrests saying no human rights activists should be arrested without a case.
Sudha Bharadwaj is one of the five activists who were arrested on Tuesday by the Pune police, alleging they have Maoist links.
Leftist student groups staged a demonstration outside Maharashtra Sadan here on Wednesday, demanding action against two local leaders for instigating…
