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Koregaon Bhima Inquiry Commission: IPS officer Nangare Patil files affidavit on ‘security threat’ to ‘Jaystambh’ in- charge’s house, bandobast preparation

The current joint commissioner (law and order) of Mumbai Police, Nangare Patil, was the special inspector general of police, Kolhapur Range, at the time of the violence in Koregaon Bhima area (in the jurisdiction of Pune Rural Police), which was under his supervision.

Pune, Pune latest news, Koregaon Bhima Inquiry Commission, Koregaon Bhima violence, Koregaon Bhima Commission, Vishwas Nangare Patil, J N Patel, indian expressThe two-member commission, headed by retired justice J N Patel, is probing the causes of violence in Koregaon Bhima area on January 1, 2018, in which one person was killed and several others were injured. (File)
Written by: Chandan Haygunde
3 min readPuneFeb 26, 2022 08:24 AM IST First published on: Feb 26, 2022 at 05:27 AM IST

IPS OFFICER Vishwas Nangare Patil submitted his affidavit before the Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry in Mumbai on Friday.

The two-member commission, headed by retired justice J N Patel, is probing the causes of violence in Koregaon Bhima area on January 1, 2018, in which one person was killed and several others were injured.

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The current joint commissioner (law and order) of Mumbai Police, Nangare Patil, was the special inspector general of police, Kolhapur Range, at the time of the violence in Koregaon Bhima area (in the jurisdiction of Pune Rural Police), which was under his supervision.

In his affidavit, Nangare Patil attached details of the various tasks performed by him, instructions given to subordinate police officers about bandobast arrangements, and ordering additional police force and deployment of SRPF companies in view of the massive gathering expected at the Jaystambh in Perne village for the 200th commemoration of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon.

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