A tale of celebration, violence and strife
DEC 31, 2017
The Elgaar Parishad conference was held on December 31 at Pune’s historic Shaniwarwada, the headquarters of the Peshwas. The conference was held in Pune to mark the 200th year of the Battle of Koregaon Bhima, which was fought between the then British Indian Army and the Peshwas. Besides
Jignesh Mewani, Gujarat MLA and Umer Khalid, a student leader from JNU, Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohith Vemula, a Dalit student who committed suicide, Prakash Ambedkar, Dalit leader, Soni Sori, tribal activist and Bhim army’s Vinay Ratan Singh attended the conference.
JAN 1, 2018
Violence erupted at Bhima Koregaon and the nearby villages on January 1, the day which marked the war anniversary between the British and the Peshwas, leaving one person dead and four others injured. Rahul Phatangale, according to post mortem report, died of head injuries during stone-pelting by unidentified youth.
Milind Ekbote
JAN 2, 2018
Hindutva Leader Milind Ekbote, president of Samasta Hindu Aghadi and Sambhaji Bhide of Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan, both right-wing activists were booked after several leaders from left-leaning parties and activists named them
Sambhaji Bhide
for their involvement in inciting violence at Bhima Koregaon. An FIR was registered against the duo in the Pimpri police station. The complaint in this regard was lodged by social worker Anita Ravindra Savale (39), a resident of Kalewadi and a member of Bahujan Republican Socialist Party.
JAN 8, 2018
Vishrambaug police booked six members of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM), a left-leaning cultural organisation, for making ‘provocative’ and ‘inflammatory’ statements during the Elgar Parishad.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Shivaji Pawar, the investigating officer, filed the 5,160-page charge sheet in the court of district and sessions judge Kishor Vadane
It named 10 accused including activists Surendra Gadling, Rona Wilson, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut and Sudhir Dhavale, who were arrested in June
Other five accused named in the charge sheet are Maoist leaders Dipak alias Milind Teltumbade, Kishan Da alias Prashant Bose, Prakash alias Rituparn Goswami,comrade Deepu and comrade Manglu. All five have been shown as absconding
During the raids carried out on the homes and offices of the five (arrested) accused and other activists during the past 10 months, the police said they have