Suspected activists of a Maratha group - Sambhaji Brigade – on Sunday threw ink at senior journalist and writer Girish Kuber at a literary meet in Maharashtra's Nashik. The group was irked by certain references Kuber has made about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, in his book, sources said. Security has been stepped up in the area following the incident.

Girish Kuber, the editor of Marathi daily Loksatta, had reached Nashik's Kusumagraj Nagri on the concluding day of the 94th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan earlier today where he was scheduled to attend a symposium.