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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Anand Teltumbde&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 15 July 1950) is an Indian scholar, writer, and civil rights activist who is a management professor at the [[Goa Institute of Management]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HinduWhoIs16Feb19&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/who-is-anand-teltumbde-and-why-was-he-arrested-recently/article26292219.ece |title=Who is Anand Teltumbde, and why was he arrested recently? |first=G. |last=Sampath |date=16 February 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220113732/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/who-is-anand-teltumbde-and-why-was-he-arrested-recently/article26292219.ece |archive-date=20 February 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NIEQuashing21Dec18&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/dec/21/koregaon-bhima-case-hc-rejects-civil-rights-activist-anand-teltumbdes-plea-seeking-quashing-of-fir-1914647.html |title=Koregaon-Bhima case: HC rejects civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde&amp;#039;s plea seeking quashing of FIR |date=21 December 2018 |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227084935/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/dec/21/koregaon-bhima-case-hc-rejects-civil-rights-activist-anand-teltumbdes-plea-seeking-quashing-of-fir-1914647.html |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AlJazeeraGovtSpying1Nov19&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He has written extensively about the [[caste system in India]] and has advocated for the rights of [[Dalit]]s.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WashPoIntellectual21Feb19&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/he-is-a-prominent-anti-modi-intellectual-the-indian-government-wants-him-behind-bars/2019/02/20/e2b5dbe4-2e47-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html |title=He is a prominent anti-Modi intellectual. The Indian government wants him behind bars. |first=Niha |last=Masih |date=21 February 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |quote=Teltumbde has been swept up in a government crackdown on lawyers and activists. The activists targeted in the investigation are advocates for India&amp;#039;s most disadvantaged communities, including indigenous tribal people and Dalits, once called &amp;#039;untouchables.&amp;#039; They also are vocal critics of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309151658/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/he-is-a-prominent-anti-modi-intellectual-the-indian-government-wants-him-behind-bars/2019/02/20/e2b5dbe4-2e47-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html |archive-date=9 March 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/casteism-inequality-society-politics-caste-in-a-new-mould-5291078/ |title=Caste in a New Mould |first=Surinder S. |last=Jodhka |date=4 August 2018 |newspaper=Indian Express |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231241/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/casteism-inequality-society-politics-caste-in-a-new-mould-5291078/ |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iima-faculty-speak-up-in-solidarity-with-anand-teltumbde-2709934 |title=IIMA faculty speak up in solidarity with Anand Teltumbde |first=Tanushree |last=Bhatia |date=20 January 2019 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224182002/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iima-faculty-speak-up-in-solidarity-with-anand-teltumbde-2709934 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Life and career==&lt;br /&gt;
Teltumbde was born on 15 July 1950 in [[Rajur]], a village in the [[Yavatmal district]] of [[Maharashtra]] state, to a family of Dalit farm labourers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Anand Teltumbde: Cards and letters for jailed India scholar as he turns 70 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53400138 |work=BBC News |date=14 July 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HinduWhoIs16Feb19&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WashPoIntellectual21Feb19&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/zdCLdj6bB9Y13Wbk8MVAEK/The-unusual-annihilator-of-caste.html|title=The unusual annihilator of caste|last=Ghadyalpatil|first=Abhiram|date=2018-05-11|website=[[Livemint]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420123941/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/zdCLdj6bB9Y13Wbk8MVAEK/The-unusual-annihilator-of-caste.html|archive-date=20 April 2019|access-date=2020-04-15}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is the oldest among eight siblings.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;samaj2019profile&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal |last1=Lardinois |first1=Roland |title=Glimpses into the Life of an Engineer, Scholar and Public Intellectual |journal=South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal |date=11 March 2019 |doi=10.4000/samaj.5021 |url=https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/5021 |accessdate=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413091436/https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/5021 |archive-date=13 April 2020 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AngelaHT2011&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |last1=Kumar Maitra |first1=Pradip |title=Who is Angela Milind Teltumbde |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/who-is-angela-milind-teltumbde/story-OuBIZetmdG9RvhAD1dMJdM.html |website=www.hindustantimes.com |date=27 April 2011 |publisher=HT Media Limited |accessdate=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328065439/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/who-is-angela-milind-teltumbde/story-OuBIZetmdG9RvhAD1dMJdM.html |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is married to Rama Teltumbde who is a granddaughter of [[B. R. Ambedkar]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WashPoIntellectual21Feb19&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-elgar-parishad-case-activist-scholar-anand-teltumbde-surrenders-before-nia/350712|title=Elgar Parishad: Dalit Scholar Anand Teltumbde, Activist Gautam Navlakha Surrender Before NIA|last=|first=|date=14 April 2020|website=[[Outlook India]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415070213/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-elgar-parishad-case-activist-scholar-anand-teltumbde-surrenders-before-nia/350712|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=2020-04-15}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He earned a mechanical engineering degree from [[Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology]] in 1973, an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] in 1982 and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] from the [[University of Mumbai]] in cybernetic modelling in 1993 while working as an executive at [[Bharat Petroleum]].&amp;lt;ref name=samaj2019profile/&amp;gt; He was also awarded an honorary doctorate ([[Doctor of Letters|D.Litt]]) from the [[Karnataka State Open University]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Court rules against Pune police&amp;#039;s Elgaar arrest |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/court-rules-against-pune-polices-elgaar-arrest/20337159 |first=Chaitraly |last=Deshmukh |website=Mid-day.com |date=February 3, 2019 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507143618/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/court-rules-against-pune-polices-elgaar-arrest/20337159 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Teltumbde was an executive at [[Bharat Petroleum]] and managing director of Petronet India Limited before becoming an academic.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WashPoIntellectual21Feb19&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=39829622&amp;amp;privcapId=12517549&amp;amp;previousCapId=12517549&amp;amp;previousTitle=Petronet%20India%20Limited |title=Anand Teltumbde – Executive Profile |accessdate=10 March 2019 |website=Bloomberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328053932/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=39829622&amp;amp;privcapId=12517549&amp;amp;previousCapId=12517549&amp;amp;previousTitle=Petronet%20India%20Limited |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was a professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] and later became a senior professor at the Goa Institute of Management.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www1.iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=zSdUZ|title=Anand Teltumbde|publisher=Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|accessdate=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508035539/http://iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=zSdUZ|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/gims-introduces-countrys-first-programme-in-big-data-analytics/articleshow/64310930.cms|title=GIM&amp;#039;s introduces country&amp;#039;s first programme in Big Data Analysis|first=Gauree|last=Malkarnekar|date=29 May 2018|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330062251/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/gims-introduces-countrys-first-programme-in-big-data-analytics/articleshow/64310930.cms|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.gim.ac.in/faculty-details.php?f_id=187|title=Anand Teltumbde|publisher=Goa Institute of Management|accessdate=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328053936/https://www.gim.ac.in/faculty-details.php?f_id=187|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He contributes a column titled &amp;quot;Margin Speak&amp;quot; to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Economic and Political Weekly]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.epw.in/margin-speak |magazine=Economic and Political Weekly |title=Margin Speak |accessdate=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204200330/http://www.epw.in/margin-speak |archive-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and has also contributed to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281944 |title=It&amp;#039;s Not Red Vs Blue |first=Anand |last=Teltumbde |date=20 August 2012 |magazine=Outlook India |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816032840/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281944 |archive-date=16 August 2012 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Tehelka]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Fw240511TheFalseDalit.asp|magazine=Tehelka|title=The false Dalit of capital |first=Anand |last=Teltumbde |date=24 May 2011 |accessdate=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602032644/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Fw240511TheFalseDalit.asp |archive-date=2 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Seminar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2012/633/633_anand_teltumbde.htm |website=india-seminar.com |first=Anand |last=Teltumbde |title=Identity politics and the annihilation of castes |date=28 February 2012 |accessdate=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821073803/http://www.india-seminar.com/2012/633/633_anand_teltumbde.htm |archive-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2011/625/625_anand_teltumbde.htm |website=india-seminar.com |first=Anand |last=Teltumbde |title=Corruption and injustice |date=30 July 2011 |accessdate=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911024859/http://www.india-seminar.com/2011/625/625_anand_teltumbde.htm |archive-date=11 September 2017 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Litigation==&lt;br /&gt;
On 29 August 2018, the police raided Teltumbde&amp;#039;s home, accusing him of having a connection to the [[2018 Bhima Koregaon violence]] and an alleged [[Maoist]] plot to assassinate [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;HinduWhoIs16Feb19&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/elgaar-parishad-prosecution-claims-to-have-evidence-to-show-teltumbde-involved-in-insurgent-activities-5560610/ |title=Elgaar Parishad: Prosecution claims to have evidence to show Teltumbde involved in insurgent activities |first=Sushant |last=Kulkarni |date=30 January 2019 |newspaper=Indian Express |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223131549/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/elgaar-parishad-prosecution-claims-to-have-evidence-to-show-teltumbde-involved-in-insurgent-activities-5560610/ |archive-date=23 February 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Teltumbde denied the allegations but his petition was denied by the Bombay High Court. He was granted interim protection from arrest by the High Court, but he was arrested by the [[Pune]] police on 3 February 2019 and released later that day.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NIEQuashing21Dec18&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NYTModiHitler20Feb19&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; After his release, Teltumbde accused the government of harassment and of attempting to criminalize dissent.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/it-was-humiliating-activist-anand-teltumbde-on-his-arrest-by-pune-police-1988703 |title=&amp;quot;Urban Naxal An Oxymoron,&amp;quot; Says Activist Anand Teltumbde Accused In Koregaon-Bhima Case |first=Purva |last=Chitnis |date=5 February 2019 |website=NDTV |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231251/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/it-was-humiliating-activist-anand-teltumbde-on-his-arrest-by-pune-police-1988703 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the course of the investigation, various others have been critical of the handling of the case; Supreme Court Justice [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud|D Y Chandrachud]] in September 2018, questioned the biased nature of the investigation by the Maharashtra Police.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Bhima-Koregaon Case: Justice Chandrachud Questions Maharashtra Police Impartiality In Elgar Parishad Probe |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/justice-chandrachud-questions-maharashtra-police-impartiality-in-elgar-parishad-probe/317314 |website=www.outlookindia.com |accessdate=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930180654/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/justice-chandrachud-questions-maharashtra-police-impartiality-in-elgar-parishad-probe/317314 |archive-date=30 September 2018 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Others such as counter-terrorism expert and Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management, [[Ajai Sahni]] suggested the evidence used against Teltumbde seemed fabricated.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal |last1=Sahni |first1=Ajai |title=Urban Maoist Fakery |journal=South Asian Intelligence Review |date=September 3, 2018 |volume=17 |issue=10 |url=https://www.satp.org/south-asia-intelligence-review-Volume-17-No-10 |accessdate=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119225629/http://www.satp.org/south-asia-intelligence-review-Volume-17-No-10 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Teltumbde&amp;#039;s mobile phone was hacked by Israeli spyware [[Pegasus (spyware)|Pegasus]] through [[WhatsApp]] along with over a dozen other activists, lawyers, and journalists in India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AlJazeeraGovtSpying1Nov19&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Satheesh |first1=Shone |title=Indian activists, lawyers accuse government of spying on them |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/indian-activists-lawyers-accuse-government-spying-191101084129315.html |work=Al Jazerra |date=1 November 2019 |access-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105025426/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/indian-activists-lawyers-accuse-government-spying-191101084129315.html |archive-date=5 November 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Chishti |first1=Seema |title=WhatsApp confirms: Israeli spyware was used to snoop on Indian journalists, activists |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/whatsapp-confirms-israeli-spyware-used-snoop-on-indian-journalists-activists-pegasus-facebook-6095296/ |work=The Indian Express |date=1 November 2019 |language=en-IN |access-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105030753/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/whatsapp-confirms-israeli-spyware-used-snoop-on-indian-journalists-activists-pegasus-facebook-6095296/ |archive-date=5 November 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Teltumbe had noticed his phone had been &amp;quot;acting up&amp;quot; and was later contacted by [[Citizen Lab]] in October 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Mahale |first1=Ajeet |title=Spyware targeted prominent human rights activists in Maharashtra |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/spyware-targeted-prominent-human-rights-activists-in-state/article29846805.ece |work=The Hindu |date=1 November 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In February 2019, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Washington Post&amp;#039;&amp;#039; reported that Teltumbe was arrested as part of &amp;quot;a government crackdown on lawyers and activists&amp;quot; who are critics of Modi.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WashPoIntellectual21Feb19&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; More than 600 scholars and academics issued a joint statement in support of Teltumbde, condemning the government&amp;#039;s actions as a &amp;quot;witch-hunt&amp;quot; and demanding an immediate halt to the actions against Teltumbde.&amp;lt;ref name=twi1&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://thewire.in/rights/anand-teltumbde-activists-arrested-petition |title=Academics Demand Dropping Charges Against Teltumbde, Other Activists |author= |date=7 February 2019 |website=The Wire (India) |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328053934/https://thewire.in/rights/anand-teltumbde-activists-arrested-petition |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=U.S., European scholars come out in support of Teltumbde |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-european-scholars-come-out-in-support-of-teltumbde/article26200491.ece |accessdate=28 March 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=7 February 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In addition, over 150 organizations and intellectuals—including [[Noam Chomsky]] and [[Cornel West]]—signed a letter to [[United Nations]] secretary general [[António Guterres]], describing the charges as &amp;quot;fabricated&amp;quot; and calling for the UN to intervene.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NYTModiHitler20Feb19&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/world/asia/india-modi-intellectuals-dissent.html |title=Indian Professor Who Compared Modi to Hitler Is Waiting to Be Jailed |first1=Kai |last1=Schultz |first2=Jeffrey |last2=Gettleman |first3=Hari |last3=Kumar |date=20 February 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228174303/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/world/asia/india-modi-intellectuals-dissent.html |archive-date=28 February 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 16 March 2020, the Supreme Court dismissed Teltumbde&amp;#039;s plea for anticipatory bail under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;OutlookPTIMar16&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bhima-koregaon-case-sc-refuses-anticipatory-bail-to-navlakha-teltumbde-gives-3-weeks-to-surrender/1763389|title=Bhima Koregaon case: SC refuses anticipatory bail to Navlakha, Teltumbde, gives 3 weeks to surrender|website=Outlook|access-date=2020-04-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Court gave Teltumbde and Navlakha three weeks to surrender.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;OutlookPTIMar16&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; On 8 April, a bench headed by Justice [[Arun Mishra]] ordered Teltumbde to surrender to the [[National Investigation Agency]] on 14 April.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Vijaita|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/elgar-parishad-case-anand-teltumbde-gautam-navlakha-surrender-to-nia/article31338048.ece|title=Elgar Parishad case {{!}} Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha surrender to NIA|date=2020-04-14|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-04-14|last2=Saigal|first2=Sonam|issn=0971-751X|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415080626/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/elgar-parishad-case-anand-teltumbde-gautam-navlakha-surrender-to-nia/article31338048.ece|archive-date=15 April 2020|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Historians like [[Romila Thapar]] condemned the arrest&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/romila-thapar-cji-bobde-gautam-navlakha-anand-teltumbde/|title=&amp;#039;Especially Inhuman&amp;#039;: Romila Thapar, Others Write to CJI Bobde On Teltumbde, Navlakha|website=The Wire|access-date=2020-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414033636/https://thewire.in/rights/romila-thapar-cji-bobde-gautam-navlakha-anand-teltumbde|archive-date=14 April 2020|url-status=live}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while [[Amnesty International India]] expressed its disappointment in light of the [[OHCHR|UNHCHR]] guidelines to release all political prisoners due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/apr/11/sc-decision-to-send-activists-gautam-navlakha-and-anand-teltumbde-to-jail-disappointing-amnesty-2128824.html|title=SC decision to send activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde to jail &amp;#039;disappointing&amp;#039;: Amnesty|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-04-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Selected publications==&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Radical in Ambedkar&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (ed.) (Penguin Random House, New Delhi, 2018) {{ISBN|978-0670091157}}&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Radical Ambedkar: Analysing divergent personas of the leader |first=Ashutosh |last=Bhardwaj |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book-review-the-radical-in-ambedkar-critical-reflections-analysis-of-many-divergent-personas-of-ambedkar/1489929/ |website=Financial Express |date=February 17, 2019 |access-date=10 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508033257/https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book-review-the-radical-in-ambedkar-critical-reflections-analysis-of-many-divergent-personas-of-ambedkar/1489929/ |archive-date=8 May 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Republic of Caste: Thinking of Equality in the Era of Neoliberalism and Hindutva&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Navayana, New Delhi, 2018) {{ISBN|978-8189059842}}&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Anand Teltumbde |url=https://jacobinmag.com/author/anand-teltumbde |website=Jacobin |accessdate=26 April 2019 |date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426081214/https://jacobinmag.com/author/anand-teltumbde |archive-date=26 April 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dalits: Past, Present and Future&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Routledge, London and New York, 2016) {{ISBN|978-1138688759}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mahad: The Making of the First Dalit Revolt&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Aakar, New Delhi, 2015) {{ISBN|978-9350023983}}&amp;lt;ref name=penguin&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Anand Teltumbde |url=https://penguin.co.in/author/anand-teltumbde/ |website=Penguin Books India |publisher=Penguin Random House |accessdate=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426081217/https://penguin.co.in/author/anand-teltumbde/ |archive-date=26 April 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Persistence of Caste&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Zed Books, London, 2010) {{ISBN|9781848134492}}&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=The Persistence of Caste – The Khairlanji Murders and India&amp;#039;s Hidden Apartheid |url=https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/P/bo20851224.html |website=University of Chicago Press |accessdate=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426081216/https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/P/bo20851224.html |archive-date=26 April 2019 |url-status=live }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Navayana, Delhi, 2008) {{ISBN|978-8189059156}}&amp;lt;ref name=penguin /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Annihilation of Caste&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Ramai, Mumbai, 2005) {{ISBN|978-9353040772}}&amp;lt;ref name=penguin /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hindutva and Dalits: Perspectives for Understanding Communal Praxis&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (ed.) (Samya, Kolkata, 2005) {{ISBN|978-8185604756}}&amp;lt;ref name=penguin /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ambedkar&amp;#039; in and for the Post-Ambedkar Dalit Movement&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Sugawa, Pune, 1997) {{ISBN|978-8186182291}}&lt;br /&gt;
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