Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the state government would conduct an inquiry into the Bhima-Koregaon violence by viewing CCTV footage.
The chief minister told mediapersons, "An inquiry will be conducted in the incidents of violence that took place across Maharashtra. We are monitoring the CCTV footage of the violence."
Tension gripped many parts of Maharashtra after a youth's death on Monday during an event to mark 200 years of the Bhima Koregaon battle near Pune.
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In the aftermath, a day-long 'Maharashtra bandh' was called by various dalit and other organisations.
Fadnavis had, earlier, ordered a Crime Investigation Department (CID) probe into the death of a youth in the violence. He also announced compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the victim's kin.
Flight operations at the Mumbai airport were badly hit due to the Maharashtra bandh called by dalit leaders on Wednesday, with 12 flights getting cancelled and 235 delayed.
As many as 182 flight departures and 53 arrivals at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) were delayed till around 4pm, according to a website tracking real-time flight status at airports across the world.
Of the 12 cancelled flights, seven were departures and five were arriving ones, as per the website. Passengers and crew also had difficulty in leaving and arriving at the airport from the city.
The bandh was called off later in the day, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar announced.
