Sangli (Maha), Jan 8 (PTI) Thousands of Republican Partyof India (RPI) workers today participated in a morcha seekingaction against perpetrators responsible for the last week'sviolence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon in Pune district.
Local RPI leaders demanded that the judicial inquiryordered by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis intothe violence be completed within a stipulated time and theculprits be awarded punishment.
The morcha was taken out from Vishrambaug locality ofthe city to the new Collector's office, a distance of around 4kms.
Fadnavis had announced the probe by a sitting HighCourt judge into the caste clashes that broke out in areasnearby Bhima Koregaon on January 1 in which one person waskilled.
The violence occurred during the bicentennial event tocommemorate the defeat of Peshwas by the British forces in theBhima Koregaon battle.
Dalits view the battle as the defeat of "casteism" ofupper-caste Peshwas.
In the wake of the incident, various Dalitorganisations observed a statewide bandh on January 3 whichturned violent.
The Pune rural Police had registered an FIR againstright-wing leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide 'Guruji'under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and under varioussections of the IPC including attempt to murder as one personwas killed in the caste clashes. PTI CORRNSK.
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