<p>Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday refuted allegations that police is shielding Nagpur-based journalist Prashant Koratkar, who is accused of making offensive remarks against Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his son Chhatrapati Sambhaji during a phone call with a historian.</p>.<p>Asked about reports of Koratkar being in Dubai, Fadnavis told reporters that news on the issue was being put out without verification.</p>.<p>"Police are looking for him and action will be taken against him wherever he is, whether it is Dubai or anywhere else," the CM asserted.</p>.<p>Speculation of Korakar having fled to the Middle East to escape arrest was doing the rounds after some photographs of him abroad surfaced online.</p>.Aurangzeb, Fadnavis' administrations similar: Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal.<p>Koratkar was booked on February 26 for allegedly threatening Kolhapur-based historian Indrajeet Sawant and making derogatory comments against Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his warrior-son Sambhaji Maharaj.</p>.<p>The Kolhapur police had registered a case against the Nagpur resident under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for promoting hatred or enmity between groups and other offences.</p>.<p>On March 18, the court of Additional sessions judge D V Kashyap in Kolhapur had rejected his anticipatory bail plea. </p>
<p>Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday refuted allegations that police is shielding Nagpur-based journalist Prashant Koratkar, who is accused of making offensive remarks against Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his son Chhatrapati Sambhaji during a phone call with a historian.</p>.<p>Asked about reports of Koratkar being in Dubai, Fadnavis told reporters that news on the issue was being put out without verification.</p>.<p>"Police are looking for him and action will be taken against him wherever he is, whether it is Dubai or anywhere else," the CM asserted.</p>.<p>Speculation of Korakar having fled to the Middle East to escape arrest was doing the rounds after some photographs of him abroad surfaced online.</p>.Aurangzeb, Fadnavis' administrations similar: Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal.<p>Koratkar was booked on February 26 for allegedly threatening Kolhapur-based historian Indrajeet Sawant and making derogatory comments against Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his warrior-son Sambhaji Maharaj.</p>.<p>The Kolhapur police had registered a case against the Nagpur resident under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for promoting hatred or enmity between groups and other offences.</p>.<p>On March 18, the court of Additional sessions judge D V Kashyap in Kolhapur had rejected his anticipatory bail plea. </p>