Tag: Pune riots

Mumbai : A day after prominent Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "shielding" Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that there was "no evidence" to prove Bhide's involvement in the January 1 caste riots in Bhima-Koregaon. Fadnavis said although an offence has been registered against Bhide, alias Guruji, who heads the Shri Shiv Pratishthan, based on a complaint by a woman, there is no evidence to prove that he had "instigated" the riots that day. "Based on the complaint by the...