Mumbai, Sept. 6 -- NCP MLC Amol Mitkari, who had questioned IPS officer Anjana Krishna's educational and caste certificates based on which she had cleared the UPSC exam, on Saturday retracted his comments and apologised. The controversy arose following an incident where Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar rebuked Krishna, sub-divisional police officer of Karmala, over the phone and asked her to stop action against illegal soil excavation.
Facing criticism after the video went viral, Pawar on Friday said he did not want to interfere but was trying to de-escalate a tense situation. Mitkari had tweeted that he had sought information from the UPSC on Anjana Krishna's educational and caste certificates. He was slammed by NCP (SP)...