The Supreme Court, on January 9, extended till February 17 its interim order placing social activist Gautam Navlakha, accused of having links to Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), under house arrest, reports The Pioneer. The top court had on November 18 ordered that Navlakha be placed under house arrest "without fail" within 24 hours and ordered some additional security measures to be put in place at the building where the activist will be kept under house arrest. Alleging that Navlakha's medical report issued by the Jaslok Hospital was "vitiated", the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had said proper treatment was given to him whenever required and his condition was manageable within the premises of Taloja central jail. The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the Police claim triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra city.