Overview
- Police registered an FIR against three unidentified women under AMASR rules after an ASI complaint over prayers inside the ASI-protected Shaniwarwada Fort.
- The video, believed to have been recorded between Friday and Saturday, surfaced online and was shared by BJP MP Medha Kulkarni.
- Kulkarni and activists held a protest at the site and performed a symbolic ‘purification’ using cow dung and urine while chanting Hindu prayers.
- Opposition leaders from Congress and AAP condemned the act as communal polarization and demanded action against those involved.
- Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said authorities will act against anyone who violates permissions at protected sites, and no arrests had been reported.