Maharashtra: Crowd gathers at Jay Stambh to mark 205th anniversary of Bhima-Koregaon battle

Massive crowd gathered at Maharashtras Pune to mark the 205th anniversary of the BhimaKoregaon battleA large crowd of people gather at Jay Stambh to visit Koregaon Bhima village to offer their tributes on the anniversary of the battle which was fought on January 1 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha ConfederacyViolence broke out during the bicentenary celebrations of the Bhima Koregaon battle on January 1 2018 in which one person was killed and several others were injured The police had filed 58 cases against 162 peopleAlso read Mumbai Homes flooded road caves in after pipeline burst in Ghatkopar WestThis violence erupted after some people reportedly with saffron flags pelted stones at cars heading towards the village to commemorate the 200 years of the BhimaKoregaon war on New Years DayDalit leaders and workers at the village had alleged that Hindutva activists Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide instigated the violenceThe Supreme Court on August 10 2022 granted regular bail to activist and poet P Varavara Rao on medical grounds as he was accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence caseHe was arrested on August 28 2018 from his home in Hyderabad and was an undertrial in the Bhima Koregaon case for which an FIR was lodged by the Pune Police at Vishrambagh Police Station on January 8 2018 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and several other provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPAMeanwhile on November 10 2022 the top court in an interim order permitted the accused Gautam Navlakha to be placed under house arrest for a period of one month considering his health condition and old age However the apex court was told by the counsel appearing for Gautam Navlakha on November 17 2022 that its order was not being complied with by the State authoritiesNavlakha one of the several civil liberties activists in the Bhima Koregaon case has been booked under stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA for an alleged conspiracy to topple the governmentNotably the Bombay High Court on November 18 granted bail to Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima Koregaon case on the surety of Rs 1 lakhThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever