Court rejects plea to bring Kobad Ghandy to TS

New Delhi: A Delhi court has dismissed a plea by the Telangana police seeking its nod to take Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy, facing trial for allegedly trying to set up a base for the banned CPI (Maoist), to produce him before courts in that state in some other cases.

Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh said the request of the Telangana police cannot be allowed at this stage, after the prosecutor argued that the trial against him in the case here was at its fag end and his presence was required here.

"In view of the submissions made by the additional public prosecutor for the state, the prayer made in this application cannot be granted at this stage," the court said.