The Mumbai police on Tuesday booked three individuals for allegedly posting casteist remarks within the feedback part of a information clip on-line that includes Bhim Military Bharat Ekta Mission head Ashok Kamble.
The accused have been recognized as Sandeep Pattekar, Prateek Darade and Krushna Munde. As per the First Data Report (FIR) filed underneath the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Kamble went to the Beed district of Maharashtra to fulfill members of the family of the murdered Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh on December 9.
Deshmukh was allegedly kidnapped, tortured and murdered earlier within the day. Preliminary investigations indicated that he was killed after he tried to stop an extortion try on an power firm concerned in a windmill challenge within the space. After he met with Deshmukh’s household, Kamble spoke to a Marathi information channel, which put up his feedback as a information clip. Within the clip, he acknowledged that the Maharashtra authorities was trying to guard the accused. He additionally talked about that Valmik Karad, the prime suspect and shut aide of Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP) minister Dhananjay Munde, voluntarily went to the CID workplace to give up and was not arrested by the native police.
Kamble stated when he checked the information clip on-line on January 9, he discovered that three males had made casteist and abusive feedback within the feedback part. Alleging they have been supporters of Karad, he approached the native Ghatkopar police station and gave a written grievance.
Primarily based on the grievance, the police performed an preliminary probe earlier than reserving Pattekar, Darade and Krushna Munde. An officer stated no arrests had been made and they might contact the trio to file their statements concerning the case.
The Maharashtra CID earlier this month charged Karad underneath the Maharashtra Management of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
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