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Four persons allegedly involved in the ransacking of the office of former NCERT advisor Mr Suhas Palshikar in the wake of the row over B R Ambedkar’s cartoon have been sent to two days police custody by a court here.
The accused, suspected to be activists of the Republican Panthers Party of India, had damaged furniture in the office of Mr Palshikar in Pune University, who resigned as NCERT advisor following row over cartoon of Ambedkar, on May 12.
Subsequently, police detained — Mr Rahul Khandare, Mr Subhash Telgute, Mr Balaji Tukaram Gaikwad and Mr Sagar Vitthal Gaikwad.
They have been booked for disrupting work and damaging public property.
Public Prosecutor Mr A K Pacharne said Mr Khandare and Mr Telgute are also accused in the controversial Indu Mill land row in Mumbai.
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