Overview
- In a newly filed affidavit, Uddhav Thackeray told the inquiry that letters on the 2018 Koregaon Bhima violence should be found with the Chief Minister’s Office.
- He said the letters were addressed to the CMO and, under standard procedure, should be preserved there, urging the panel to request them from current Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
- Witness Prakash Ambedkar has claimed Sharad Pawar wrote two letters in 2020 that name those responsible, and he sought their production from the commission last year.
- The commission had issued a notice to Thackeray in October 2025 to produce the documents, and the panel’s next step hinges on whether the letters can be retrieved from official records.
- Thackeray’s affidavit argues that if caste tensions triggered the violence it would indicate premeditation, while police have alleged provocative speeches at the Elgar Parishad a day earlier sparked the clashes that left one dead and several injured.