Documents Planted On Computers: New Report After Stan Swamy's Death
The report says Surendra Gadling's computer had been compromised over two years before he was arrested through emails that he received, and on which others like Stan Swamy were copied.
New Delhi: A day after activist Stan Swamy's death, a report from an American forensic agency claims that incriminating evidence was planted on the computer of Surendra Gadling, who, like the Christian priest, was arrested under a harsh anti-terror law for alleged links to the banned CPI(Maoist) group.
The report says Surendra Gadling's computer had been compromised over two years before he was arrested through emails that he received, and on which others like Stan Swamy were copied, raising the possibility that Mr Swamy's computer too may have been targeted. The 84-year-old Christian priest and Surendra Gadling are among 16 people accused in what is known as the Bhima-Koregaon case.
Till his death, Stan Swamy, like the others named in this case, had argued, including in his multiple bail applications, that the evidence presented against him of instigating a riot and of links to Maoist guerrillas was fabricated.
The latest Arsenal report, dated June 2021, analysed the hard drive of Surendra Gadling, 53, a Dalit rights activist based in Nagpur, finding even deeper proof of the planting of incriminating evidence.
"It should be noted that this is one of the most serious cases involving evidence-tampering that Arsenal has ever encountered," reads the report.
Arsenal, according to their website, has worked on a number of high-profile cases including the Boston Marathon bombing.
The report says his system was compromised for over 20 months between February 2016 and November 2017, and at least 14 incriminating letters planted on the computer by the same attacker who targeted Rona Wilson's system and planted 30 files there.
The attacker who compromised Surendra Gadling's computer had extensive resources including time, according to Arsenal, and indulged in both surveillance and planting evidence.
The NIA refused to comment on the report, saying the matter is sub judice.
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