Police in Maharashtra's Jalna city on Thursday stopped activists of the Samta Parishad from staging a mock funeral of Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide.

The protest at Lahuji Salve chowk had been organised to condemn Sambhaji Bhide's alleged remarks against the eminent 19th century social reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Mahatma Gandhi.