Yahoo News / by PTI
Pune, Jan 1 (PTI) Lakhs of people paid their tributes on Wednesday at the ‘Jaystambh’ (victory pillar) in Perne village in Pune district of Maharashtra on the occasion of the 202nd anniversary of the Koregaon Bhima battle amidst tight security.
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Hindustan Times / by HT Correspondent
PUNE: The Pune rural police and Pune district administration are equipped with precautionary measures like internet shutdown as police officials prepare to tackle potential law and order situations in the district’s Bhima Koregaon area on January 1, 2020. The day marks 202 years since the battle of Bhima Koregaon was fought between the Peshwas and the British East India Company army which comprised local Mahar population.
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Pune Mirror / by Pune Mirror
Chargesheet will be filed after the approval of govt.
Pune rural police are in the final stages of investigating the case related to the violence in Koregaon Bhima in which Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote have been named as accused, SP Sandip Patil said on Sunday.
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The Free Press Journal / by Sanjay Jog
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray may form a panel to probe the arrests of activists in connection with Elgar Parishad action by the Pune police. Activists Rona Wilson, Shoma Sen, Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Varavara Rao and Sudhir Dhavle, who were arrested, were accused of having Maoist links. Thackeray has sought details regarding the ongoing court cases from the home department.
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Pune Mirror / by Pune Mirror
Koregaon Bhima Samiti demands CBI investigation, alleging the BJP stopped police from doing their job Tow days after NCP supremo Sharad Pawar demanded the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the Elgaar Parishad case, members of Bhima Koregaon Vijaystambh Shaurya Din Samanway Samiti have alleged that rural cops had failed to investigate cases filed within their jurisdiction due to pressure from the then ruling party.
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The Wire / by PTI
Among those who the notice was sent to as part of preventive action are right-wing leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide.
Pune: Ahead of the 202nd anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle on January 1, Pune Police have issued notices to over 160 people, including right-wing leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide, an official said on Monday.
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Hundustan Times / by Yogesh Joshi
Nearly two years after the Pune police conducted investigations into the Bhima Koregaon violence and named several activists and lawyers as the prime accused, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, on Saturday, sought a fresh probe into the case.
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The Econimic Times / by PTI
PUNE: Terming the arrest of activists in the Elgar Parishad case “wrong” and “vengeful”, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday demanded that a Special Investigation Team be set up under a retired judge to probe the action taken by Pune police.
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Times Now News / by Times Now Digital
NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said he will ask Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to form special investigation team (SIT) to properly investigate Koregaon Bhima case.
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The Hindustan Times / by Surendra P Gangan
The government, however, clarified that the cases it is considering withdrawing are non-serious in nature and that some, such as those registered for anti-state activities against the Elgar Parishad organisers will not be reviewed.
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The Economic Times / by By Rashmi Rajput
A report prepared during the time of the Devendra Fadnavis govt lists only 56 out of a total 641 cases as serious. The list does not include cases linking prominent activists to the Elgaar Parishad event.
Mumbai: The new Maha Vikas Aghadi government has promised to review cases registered in the wake of the Koregaon Bhima violence and the Maratha quota stir, but a report on this filed by the Maharashtra police is already pending before the state home department.
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