The Pimpri Chinchwad Police in Pune district of Maharashtra have dropped the attempt to murder charge against three persons arrested for allegedly throwing ink at state minister Chandrakant Patil, and also revoked the suspension of 10 police personnel in connection with the incident, a top official has said. The incident had occurred in Pimpri city on Saturday apparently as a mark of protest against minister Patil’s controversial remark about Dr B R Ambedkar and social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule. Three people threw ink at Patil when he was stepping out of one of the office-bearer’s house, after which they had been arrested.
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