A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud noted the affidavit filed by the district collector, Satara wherein it was stated that the authorities have not touched the tomb of Afzal Khan while following the demolition of alleged encroachments around the graveyard.

The state of Maharashtra informed the court that some irregularities were going on in the forest land surrounding the tomb of Afzal Khan and there was no illegality committed by the state but only following a court order.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): Hours after Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said that the NCP leader's resignation should not be accepted.

Pune Dec 29 PTI The Pune police have registered a case against Hindu seer Kalicharan Maharaj right-wing leader Milind Ekbote and four others for allegedly making inflammatory speeches during an event here and hurting religious sentiments officials said on Wednesday The event Shiv Pratap Din to celebrate the killing of Mughal commander Afzal Khan by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was organised here in Maharashtra by Ekbotes Samast Hindu Aghadi outfit on December 19 According to police the event was attended by Kalicharan Maharaj Ekbote Captain Digendra Kumar retired and others Capt Kumar is a Kargil war hero who was awarded the Mahavir Chakra for his acts of bravery in the Kargil war said police inspector crime Harshavardhan Gade A case was registered on Tuesday against Kalicharan Maharaj Ekbote Capt Kumar and three others at Khadak police station under IPC Sections 295 A deliberate and malicious intention of outraging religious feelings of any class 298 deliberate intention of wounding religious feeling of any person and 505 2 false statement rumor made in place of worship etc with intent to create enmity hatred or ill-will the officials said As per the FIR all the accused allegedly made inflammatory speeches with an intention to hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims and Christians and to create a communal rift between people A police official said they registered the case suo-moto on their own after scruitinising a video footage of the event Kalicharan Maharaj is also facing FIRs in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh for allegedly using derogatory words against Mahatma Gandhi during at an even in Raipur recently Ekbote is accused in the case of violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Pune district in 2018 PTI SPK GK GK