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The police in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district on Wednesday resorted to a lathi charge to control an unruly mob after some miscreants pelted stones during a bandh called by pro-Hindutva outfits seeking action against certain objectionable social media posts.
Kolhapur district police officials said that a large number of people belonging to various right-wing organisations had gathered at Chhatrapati Shivaji Chowk in Kolhapur on Wednesday morning. While the outfits had called for a bandh in Kolhapur city, a protest was also held.
Kolhapur District Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pandit said, “Some organisations had called a bandh and a protest. After the protest was over and people were returning, some miscreants resorted to stone pelting. We responded to this situation quickly because significant police deployment had been made at the spot. We had to use force to control the mob…We are closely monitoring the situation.”
Officials said that they were assessing the damage and checking if anyone had been injured in the violence.
The Kolhapur police had on Tuesday launched a probe into some social media status messages showing an image of 18th-century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan accompanied by an objectionable slogan. The same objectionable slogan was chanted along with a poster of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb during a procession held in Ahmednagar district two days ago. The incident was reported during a Urs procession of Dam Bara Hazari Baba dargah in Fakirwada area of Ahmednagar around 9.15 pm on June 4.
