Have evidence about a plan to target highest political functionaries: Pune Police on Bhima-Koregaon violence

Searches were carried out on Tuesday at the residences of prominent Telugu poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Farreira in Mumbai, trade union activist Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad and civil liberties activist Gautam Navalakha in New Delhi, following which the five activists were arrested.

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