Five arrested in Bhima-Koregaon violence to be kept on house arrest: Supreme Court

The Pune police have also submitted a report to the Home Ministry in connection with the raids and arrests of activists, sources said.

"Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, two of the five arrested on August 28, 2018, have been arrested earlier also by the Maharashtra Police in 2007 and spent several years in prison. Similarly, Varavara Rao has been arrested several times by the Andhra/Telangana Police in the past," the report said.