Kabir Kala Manch's Elgaar Parishad triggered the wave of violence in the city, the Pune police have claimed. The event was held on last December 31 to mark the 200th year of the Battle of Bhima-Koregaon. Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika had inaugurated the conference at Shaniwar Wada, and speakers at the event were Jigesh Mevani, a Dalit leader and newly-elected Gujarat MLA, Umar Khalid, activist and JNU student, Soni Sori, a tribal rights activist, and Vinay Ratan Singh, national president of the Bhim Army.

The Parishad problem
In her address, Radhika allegedly said, "The scales of justice are different for Indians based on their caste. My son was killed by ministers Smriti Irani, Bandaru Dattatreya and BJP MLC Ramchandra Rao."