Bhima Koregaon violence case: Nagpur University suspends Asst. Professor Shoma Sen
Nagpur University suspended assistant professor Shoma Sen after she was taken into custody by Pune Police over Bhima Koregaon violence case.
Shoma Sen was one of the six people arrested by the Pune Police on June 6 including activists and a lawyer linked to Dalit protesters in connection with the violence at Bhima-Koregaon on New Year. Shoma Sen was going to retire soon.
Shoma
Sen
is
Associate
Professor
in
the
Department
of
English.
She
is
specialized
in
Women
Studies,
Indian
writings,
Postcolonial
Studies
and
Diasporic
Literature.
A Pune Court on Thursday extended the police custody of all the four accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, till June 21. Earlier on June 7, the court had sent all the four accused to police custody till June 14.
Violence erupted in Pune on January 1 when Dalit groups were marking the bicentenary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle in which the British defeated the Peshwas of Maharashtra. The violence also left several injured, including 10 policemen.