Overview
- Teltumbde’s request to visit Kochi from November 28 to 30 for a literature and arts festival was rejected on Wednesday.
- The judge held that the proposed visit did not present an emergency or compelling need under the travel limits set at the time of bail.
- Prosecutors opposed the plea as a late, recurring request and suggested daily police attendance in Kochi if travel were allowed.
- The order referenced earlier limited permissions to Bengaluru in January and February 2024 and noted recent withdrawn bids to travel within India and abroad.
- The Elgar Parishad–Bhima Koregaon case remains pending, with investigators alleging speeches linked to the 2017 event incited violence and the NIA asserting Teltumbde’s Maoist links.