Maharashtra withdraws 348 cases related to Bhima Koregaon, 460 Maratha quota violence cases

The Maharashtra government on Thursday withdrew 348 of the 649 registered cases related to the Bhima Koregaon case, and 460 of the 548 cases in connection with the Maratha quota protests in 2018, ANI reported, quoting state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

The state is ruled by the Maha Vikas Aghadi, an alliance that was born late last year when the Shiv Sena quit its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and entered a tie-up with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress. Deshmukh is a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party.

Earlier this month, the Centre had transferred the Elgar Parishad inquiry from the Pune Police to the National Investigation Agency, on approval from Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. However, this did not go down well with the Nationalist Congress Party, whose chief Sharad Pawar condemned the move.