India News | Educationist Assaulted with Rods in Ahmednagar for Protesting Against Encroachments Near School

Ahmednagar, Oct 9 (PTI) Noted educationist Heramb Kulkarni was attacked with iron rods allegedly by three persons in Ahmednagar, a police official said on Monday.

The incident, which took place on Saturday, was a fall out of Kulkarni's action against encroachments close to the school in which he is headmaster, the Topkhana police station official added.

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"We have arrested three persons based on CCTV footage from the area. Kulkarni needed four stitches on his head," he said.

The attack was condemned by several social activists and netizens.

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