Kolhapur, Dec. 17 -- Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar today expressed surprise over alleged disappearance ofMaharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate, alleging that the police had helped him disappear and wondered what about the common people if the minister has disappeared like this?Talking to reporters here this evening, he said, "It is a serious matter that state minister Manikrao Kokate is missing even after an arrest warrant has been issued against him."He said that this is a situation where neither the court nor justice is respected and expressed that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should ensure that the law is not disrespected.
Ambedkar further said that a situation has arisen where Kokate is being hidden on the ...