The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday took over the investigation in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case on the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Following the development, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh took to microblogging site Twitter to express his displeasure. On the other hand, former Maharashtra CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis backed the MHA's decision of transferring the probe to NIA and said that it will stop the urban Naxals. "It is the correct decision because this case isn't confined to Maharashtra, we see its spread all over the country. The Bhima Koregaon case dates back to 2018 when violence broke out near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial in Pune district.

Source: dna January 25, 2020 03:22 UTC