Pune police enable Ganesh mandal to stage Afzal Khan’s killing after denying permission earlier

Metropolis police on Wednesday allowed a Ganesh mandal to stage the historic scene of warrior king Shivaji Maharaj killing Bijapur common Afzal Khan, having denied the permission earlier on the bottom that it’d result in communal tensions.

The Sangam Tarun Mandal which installs Ganesh in a public pandal in Kothrud space had sought permission from police to stage the well-known incident from Shivaji’s life through the coming Ganesh competition, slated to start out from August 31.

Ganesh mandals or teams which have fun the competition in roadside pandals usually erect tableaus of historic scenes and even stage their stay enactments. When the Mandal, headed by native Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Kishor Shinde, sought permission to stage the scene of Afzal Khan’s killing earlier this month, police denied it stating that it’d disturb communal concord. After numerous organizations approached the police station demanding that permission be given, Kothrud police withdrew the sooner letter and a brand new letter granting permission, signed by senior inspector Mahendra Jagtap, was issued.

The mandal ought to take utmost care to make sure that communal concord was preserved, the letter stated.

Afzal Khan, a common of the Adilshahi state of Bijapur, was despatched in 1659 to subjugate King Shivaji. Khan was killed throughout a gathering between the 2 and his military was routed within the battle of Pratapgad.