The ink was thrown at Maharash💎tra Minister Chandrakant Patil in the Pimpri suburb of Pune on Saturday for his alleged remarks about Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, po☂lice said.
The police have detained the man wh꧋o threw ink on Patil and further investigation is underway, Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Ankush Shinde said.
A video of the incident shows a man throwing ink at the senior BJP leader as he emerged out of a building in Pimpri Chinchwad. Security personnel around the minister immediately caught hoꦡld of the man.
The attack has come after the state higher and technical education minister r😼emarked Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule during a progꦯramme in Aurangabad.
Before the incident, s🥃ome workers tried to wave black flags at the minister's convoy in Pimpri.
