Journalist Nikhil Wagle has been booked under several charges, including defamation and promoting enmity between different groups. The BJP has threatened to disrupt an event that Wagle is likely to attend in Pune on Friday.
The Nirbhay Bano event, organized by activist Vishwambhar Choudhary, human rights lawyer Asim Sarode among others, had faced threats from the city unit of the BJP over the attendance of journalist Nikhil Wagle.