Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday refuted allegations that police is shielding Nagpur-based journalist Prashant Koratkar, who is accused of making offensive remarks against Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his son Chhatrapati Sambhaji during a phone call with a historian.<\/p>\n
Asked about reports of Mr Koratkar being in Dubai, Mr Fadnavis told reporters that news on the issue was being put out without verification.<\/p>\n
“Police are looking for him and action will be taken against him wherever he is, whether it is Dubai or anywhere else,” the CM asserted.<\/p>\n
Speculation of Mr Koratkar having fled to the Middle East to escape arrest was doing the rounds after some photographs of him abroad surfaced online.<\/p>\n
Mr Koratkar was booked on February 26 for allegedly threatening Kolhapur-based historian Indrajeet Sawant and making derogatory comments against Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his warrior-son Sambhaji Maharaj.<\/p>\n
The Kolhapur police had registered a case against the Nagpur resident under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for promoting hatred or enmity between groups and other offences.<\/p>\n
On March 18, the court of Additional sessions judge D V Kashyap in Kolhapur had rejected his anticipatory bail plea.<\/p>\n
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