group of persons attack the Pune campus office of Prof Suhas Palshikar, who resigned as NCERT adviser following a row over a cartoon of B R Ambedkar in school text books.

A group of persons today attacked the Pune campus office of Prof Suhas Palshikar, who resigned as NCERT adviser following a row over a cartoon of B R Ambedkar in school text books. Police said Palshikar was unharmed in the attack and three persons have been detained.

A Republican Panther of India party spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the cartoon amounted to an “insult” to the Dalit icon.