Bhima-Koregaon Case: Planting of "Documents": Further Revelations by Arsenal: Deeply Unsettling Implications

[Sukla Sen]

Planting of "documents" in one's digital device to implicate the critics/opponents of the regime.

(It's enough to implant in just only one in order to implicate a pretty long list of people.

And the charges thus fabricated may be just anything - including even a plot to assassinate the Prime Minister.)

Yet another new achievement/marker of "New India"!?

<<An unknown hacker planted more than 30 documents that investigators deemed incriminating on a laptop belonging to an Indian activist accused of terrorism, a new forensic analysis finds, indicating a more extensive use of malicious software than previously revealed.

The report will heighten concerns about the controversial prosecution of a group of government critics under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Arsenal Consulting, a Massachusetts-based digital forensics firm, examined an electronic copy of the laptop at the request of defense lawyers. The Washington Post reviewed a copy of the report.

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The documents — now totaling 32 — have been cited by law enforcement as evidence against a group of activists accused of working with a banned Maoist militant group that has waged a decades-old insurgency against the Indian state.

*Known as the Bhima Koregaon case, the prosecution is considered a bellwether for the rule of law in India* [emphasis added]. Human rights groups and legal experts view the case as an effort by the government to clamp down on critics.

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Arsenal has so far conducted its work on the reports on a pro bono basis, Spencer said. Founded in 2009, Arsenal performs computer forensic analysis for companies, law firms and government agencies, and it has provided expert testimony in cases such as the Boston Marathon bombing.>>

(Ref.: <https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/20/india-bhima-koregaon-activists-report/>.)

For a report on the preceding initial round of revelations: <https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/bhima-koregaon-case-planted-evidence-in-rona-wilson-computer-according-to-arsenal-consulting-investigation/article33887640.ece>.