India, Feb. 17 -- Congress has said it plans to approach the court against the Pune police over their handling of Sunday's Bharatiya Janata Party agitation near Congress Bhavan. The party has also demanded that Pune mayor Manjusha Nagpure be named in the FIR, alleging that she was present and actively participated in the protest.

Congress leader and former mayor Prashant Jagtap said party workers were angry over the manner in which police granted permission to the BJP to hold an agitation outside Congress Bhavan. He alleged that police shut all three entry gates of Congress Bhavan, effectively detaining Congress workers inside, while allowing BJP workers to gather near the compound wall.

"The mayor was present at the agitation and deliv...