The Nirbhay Bano event, organized by activist Vishwambhar Choudhary, human rights lawyer Asim Sarode among others, had faced threats from the city unit of the BJP over the attendance of journalist Nikhil Wagle.
Wagle, along with activist Vishwambhar Choudhary, human rights lawyer Asim Sarode participated in the 'Nirbhay Bano' event at Pune's Sane Guruji Smarak
On February 9, 2018, the state government constituted a two-member commission, headed by retired High Court Justice JN Patel for probing into the cause of the Koregaon Bhima violence.