Tag: Koregaon Bhima violence

Koregaon-Bhima case: SC stays Bombay HC order refusing police time for filing charge sheet

It had also said that the high court should not have been carried away by the fact of mentioning of names of the parties in detail.

October 29, 2018

Maharashtra: Five Dalit activists held for Koregaon-Bhima violence

 In a multi-city pre-dawn operation on Wednesday, Maharashtra Police arrested Dalit activists and alleged urban Maoist sympathizers in the state and New Delhi for the January 1 Koregaon-Bhima caste riots, officials said. Those arrested included Rona Jacob Wilson in Delhi, Sudhir Dhawale in Mumbai and lawyer Surendra Gadling, who has defended several Maoists, besides Mahesh...

June 6, 2018

Arvind Kejriwal blames BJP-RSS for Koregaon-Bhima violence

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday blamed the BJP and RSS for the January 1 casteist riots in Koregaon-Bhima which claimed one life. The Aam Aadami Party supremo said that “if people want riots, then they should elect the BJP, which follows a specific pattern in this”. He alleged that BJP-RSS workers attacked Dalits...

January 13, 2018

Koregaon Bhima violence: Three minors among 29 arrested by police

 The district police on Tuesday arrested 12 more people, including three minors, in connection with the January 1 caste clashes that broke out in and around Koregaon Bhima village in which one person was killed. Police had earlier arrested 17 people in connection with the incident. The violence occurred during the bicentennial event to commemorate...

January 9, 2018