Two days after a special court in Pune termed civil rights activist Prof Dr Anand Teltumbde's arrest by Pune police 'illegal', the Dalit scholar expressed disappointment over his arrest at a talk held by the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh on Monday.

"Thankfully, I have documents to prove that I wasn't in Pune on the day of the violence that took place in Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018, after the Elgaar Parishad in Pune," he said, adding that he had returned to Goa on the night of December 31 and "even wrote an article on a news publication's request regarding the Bhima Koregaon programme, and have rather criticised the programme." The article upset many among the Dalit community, and "yet I am being accused of causing violence," the acclaimed activist said.