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Koregaon-Bhima violence: Police say Sambhaji Bhide’s title has been dropped from case

By way of PTI

MUMBAI: The title of debatable right-wing chief Sambhaji Bhide has been dropped from the 2018 Koregaon-Bhima violence case as he used to be now not discovered to have performed any function within the violence, police stated in a file filed ahead of the Maharashtra Human Rights Fee (MHRC) on Wednesday.

Violence broke out close to the Koregaon Bhima battle memorial in Pune district on January 1, 2018.

The memorial, which commemorates the East India Corporate’s victory over the Peshwa’s forces in 1818, is respected by means of the Dalits as British forces additionally incorporated participants of the Dalit Mahar group.

Pimpri Police in Pune district filed a case in opposition to Bhide and others below the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and quite a lot of sections of the IPC together with try to homicide as one particular person used to be killed within the caste clashes in 2018.

In 2021, suggest Aditya Mishra approached the MHRC, announcing that former Maharashtra Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis had mentioned within the Meeting that the case in opposition to Bhide could be withdrawn, however that didn’t occur.

On Wednesday, the police submitted its file ahead of the fee.

The only-page file stated that as Bhide’s function used to be now not discovered within the case, his title has been dropped.

The fee posted the topic for ultimate listening to on July 4.