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They were accused of plotting to overthrow the Modi government. The evidence was planted, a new report says. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-bhima-koregaon-activists-jailed/2021/02/10/8087f172-61e0-11eb-a177-7765f29a9524_story.html    A report from Arsenal Consulting, a Massachusetts-based digital forensics firm says that evidence against a group of Indian activists accused of plotting to overthrow the government was planted on a laptop seized by police. 

An attacker used malware to infiltrate a laptop belonging to one of the activists, Rona Wilson, before his arrest and deposited at least 10 incriminating letters on the computer. Arsenal’s report on the Indian case does not identify the perpetrator of the cyberattack. The analysis, which has not been previously reported, was reviewed by The Washington Post. Three outside experts who reviewed the document at The Post’s request said the report’s conclusions were valid. Jaya Roy, a spokeswoman for the National Investigation Agency, the anti-terrorism authority overseeing the cases against the activists, said that the forensic analysis of Wilson’s laptop conducted by law enforcement did not show any evidence of malware on the device. She added that there was “substantial documentary and oral evidence” against the individuals charged in the case.

Akash Banerjee on the arsenal report:  https://youtube.com/embed/mhmSiQgUxSc?start=701&end=951  (~4 mins)  

Aresenal Report Filed before the the Special Judge NIA https://images.assettype.com/barandbench/2021-02/0142e0e9-962b-4f60-92cc-785a8a18fe81/NIA_v__Sudhir_Pralhad_Dhawale___Arsenal_report.pdf 
Feb 8 , 2021

Prison-rights activist Rona Wilson’s hard disk contained malware that allowed remote access https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/bhima-koregaon-case-rona-wilson-hard-disk-malware-remote-access . The Caravan conducted a cyber-forensic examination of the contents of Wilson’s hard disk, a copy of the disk that was presented in court by the Pune Police and supplied to all the accused. Our investigation revealed that the disk contained malware that can be used to remotely access the computer and plant files. We also found several other discrepancies, pointing towards manipulation of evidence in the case.

Guess who is behind the propaganda of ‘forensic report’ giving a clean chit to Urban Naxal Rona Wilson: George Soros and Canada govt https://www.opindia.com/2021/02/rona-wilson-forensic-report-propaganda-george-soros-canada-govt/  After supporting an insurrection in India and Khalistanis who have been creating chaos and anarchy in India, the same organisation now seem to have come together to extend support to Urban Naxals who are accused of waging a war against India and plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Modi.

Bhima Koregaon Case: Govt Can Find Out Who Planted Documents, Says Cyber Expert https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/news/india/father-stan-swamy-bhima-koregaon-case-cyber-attack-expert-sandeep-shukla

Sandeep Sukla: The attacker is someone who had a lot of ground intelligence and information about the people who were targeted like whom they were interacting with, what kind of computers Wilson and Gadling had in their possession. Secondly, please note that the emails through which malware was delivered on computers was through the email IDs of the people known to Wilson and Gadling. And the subject of the email ID was such that was related to their ongoing discussion or program, which made them click on it. This kind of sophisticated malware requires not just a lot of time but also a lot of money because this skill is not cheap to hire.

The Arsenal report suggests that the one/s who hacked Gadling's computer may have hacked Swamy's computer as well.

Prior to this report, Arsenal Consulting had filed two more forensic reports in the NIA Special Court that revealed that cyber attackers had planted evidence in Rona Jacob Wilson's computer, another accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. Her computer was compromised for 22 months.

The Arsenal report has concluded that the same attacker/s who planted documents/PDF files in Wilson's computer had also compromised Gadling's computer for 20 months.

The Bizarre Evidence That Put Stan Swamy & The BK 16 In Prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuPKsG339nA  

Fr. Stan Swamy passed away after eight months in prison - conditions that exacerbated his Parkinson's. He was one of the jailed human-rights advocates also known as the Bhima Koregaon 16.

The evidence that surrounds the case is bizarre.
The Wire breaks down the story, looking into the investigation conducted by Arsenal Consulting, a Boston-based digital forensics firm that has claimed the evidence for the arrests of the activists, was planted on their computers.