Ink was thrown at BJP leader and Maharashtra cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil on Saturday in Pimpri Chinchwad city of Pune district over his alleged remark on Dr BR Ambedkar and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.

The police said a case of rape and POCSO was registered at the Mahatma Phule police station and an investigation is underway.

The cyber cell of Maharashtra Police Saturday arrested a student of Mahatma Phule University, Ahmednagar district alleged of using a Twitter handle to post objectionable comments against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 11 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy paid floral tributes to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule on his birth anniversary at the camp office in Amravati on Monday.

New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Paying tributes to Jyotirao Phule on the occasion of his 195th birth anniversary on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him 'a champion of social justice' and said that the social reformer worked tirelessly for social equality, women empowerment, and boosting education.

Thane Feb 23 PTI An offence has been registered against the owner of a jewellery store in Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly cheating investors of over Rs 156 crore police said on Wednesday The city police on Tuesday registered a case under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the IPC and the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors MIPD Act against the owner of S Kumar Gold and Diamond in Kalyan an official said The jeweller allegedly accepted deposits from investors for a fixed period and promised them lucrative returns but never returned the invested amount or paid the interest on it the official from Mahatma Phule chowk police station said The accused later closed the shop and absconded he said adding that a complaint was lodged by some of the investors More than 20 persons have allegedly been cheated and the number is likely to grow once the other victims come forward the official added PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Dec 24 PTI Two weeks after a man was found dead and his wife injured in their flat at Kalyan in Maharashtras Thane district police have arrested their son for their murder over a domestic dispute an official said on Friday The accused Lokesh Baneria 27 was arrested on Thursday and produced before a local court which remanded him in police custody for two days inspector Pradip Patil of Mahatma Phule police station said On December 10 the couple identified as 58-year-old Pramod Baneria a retired motorman with the railways and his wife Kusum 52 were found lying in a pool of blood while Lokesh was found in an injured condition he said Lokesh called an ambulance by sending a message to the watchman The watchman alerted their neighbours who rushed to the flat and found Lokesh and his mother injured while his father lying in a pool of blood he said adding that the neighbours alerted the police who took Lokesh and his mother and son to a hospital The accused told the police that his father had stabbed him and his mother before committing suicide But the police did not believe his version Besides during her treatment his mother told the police that it was her son who had attacked her and her husband with a knife She died at the hospital last Friday The police then registered a case of murder and arrested Lokesh after he was discharged from the hospital the official said As per the preliminary probe the accused was fed up with his father drinking and beating the family members while his mother was unwell most of the time which was why he wanted to get rid of them Patil said PTI COR NP NP

Thane Sep 23 PTI A private tutor was arrested on Thursday at Kalyan in Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly molesting a eight-year-old girl student police said The accused Mudar Talwala was arrested under IPC section 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act they said The accused used to take the minor girls tuition at his home However ever since his wife went to her parents house over a month back he started touching the girl inappropriately and molesting her a police official said The girl brought the matter to her parents attention after which they lodged a complaint at Mahatma Phule police station in Kalyan he said PTI COR NP NP

Pune Aug 25 PTI Noted researcher and co-founder of the Shramik Mukti Dal Dr Gail Omvedt died of prolonged illness in Kasegaon village of Maharashtras Sangli district on Wednesday family sources said She was 81 As a student in the US Dr Omvedt took part in various movements such as anti-war agitations After completing her post-graduate studies in America she came to India and started her studies on various social movements and the work of Mahatma Phule During her doctoral research she wrote her thesis on Non-Brahmin Movement in Western India and started working for the cause of Dalits women and other deprived classes Dr Omvedt co-founded the Shramik Mukti Dal with her activist husband Dr Bharat Patankar and became an Indian citizen in 1983 The activist-researcher penned more than 25 books including Cultural Revolt In Colonial Society - The Non-Brahmin Movement in Western India Seeking Begumpura Buddhism In India Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar to name a few Dr Omvedt is survived by her husband daughter son-in-law and granddaughter Condoling Dr Omvedts death Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said her contribution to various social movements in India Sant literature folk traditions and her work on womens rights will remain noted PTI SPK ARU ARU