Supreme Court's Navlakha bluntly, security expenses will have to be paid during house arrest
Navlakha had earlier paid Rs 10 lakh and now he is not making the payment. It is increasing every day and he cannot escape from it. On this Navlakha's lawyer said that there is no problem with payment but the issue is of calculation. On March 7, Navlakha's lawyer had raised a dispute over this security expenditure figure in the apex court.
Gautam Navlakha, the accused in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case, was informed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday that you had asked for house arrest. You are unable to avoid paying the costs of the police officers that the Maharashtra government provided to provide security during the detention in such a case. Since November 2022, Navlakha has been detained at home in Mumbai's public library.
Navlakha is required to pay Rs 1.64 crore for security expenses, the NIA informed a bench of Justices MM Sundaresh and SVN Bhatti. A lot of police officers have been stationed for security during his detention, according to Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, who was representing the NIA.
Navlakha had earlier paid Rs 10 lakh and now he is not making the payment. It is increasing every day and he cannot escape from it. On this Navlakha's lawyer said that there is no problem with payment but the issue is calculation. On March 7, Navlakha's lawyer had disputed this security expenditure figure in the apex court and accused the agency of extortion.
