POLICE: BHIDE’S NAME DROPPED FROM BHIMA KOREGAON CASE
PUNE: The name of Sambhaji Bhide has been dropped from the 2018 Koregaon-bhima violence case as no evidence was found against the right-wing leader, Pune rural police said in a report filed before the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission on Wednesday.
“We have submitted this information to the commission... The name of Bhide has not been included in the chargesheet since there is no evidence against him so far,” Pune superintendent of police Abhinav Deshmukh said. One person was killed and several people were injured after violence broke out near the Koregaon Bhima war memorial in Pune district on January 1, 2018. A case under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and various sections of the IPC was registered against Bhide and others at Shikrapur police station.