Centre vs Maharashtra over 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence: MHA hands over probe to NIA, NCP claims state govt's consent not taken before mov
FirstpostDuring the probe into Bhima-Koregaon case, Pune Police had claimed that Maoists and their supporters in urban areas were discussing a “Rajiv Gandhi-type” assassination plan against Modi. In a late night tweet, Deshmukh said, “I strongly condemn the decision to transfer the investigation of ‘Koregaon-Bhima’ case to NIA by the Central Government without any consent of Maharashtra State Government.” The Union Home Ministry and the NIA were maintaining complete silence in New Delhi and the spokespersons of the two departments were not responding to queries from reporters. The move comes a day after Sharad Pawar demanded a SIT probe in the Koregaon-Bhima violence, the Ministry of Home Affairs transferred the case to the NIA, said NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase. Earlier on Friday, another NCP leader and minister Jitendra Awhad alleged that the Koregaon-Bhima violence case was a “conspiracy” of the previous BJP-led government to malign the image of activists sympathetic to Dalit causes.