The Pimpri Chichwad police in Maharashtra's Pune district have suspended three of its officers and seven other personnel in connection with the incident in which ink was thrown at senior Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil, a top official said on Sunday. The incident had occurred in Pimpri city on Saturday in apparent protest against minister Patil's controversial remark
A video of the incident shows a man approaching Maharashtra cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil and throwing ink at his face as the minister exits a building.
Ink was thrown at Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Chandrakant Patil in Pimpri city near here on Saturday in apparent protest against his controversial remark about Dr B R Ambedkar and social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.