Vitthal Pandurang Sagle, a police officer at Tulinj police station, reportedly demanded Rs 50,000 per month from a 24-year-old drug dealer in exchange for protection and assistance in smuggling drugs.

116). A varkar is a pilgrim, and the varkari tradition revolves around the god Vithoba or Vitthal/ Vitthala/ Pandurang/ Panduranga in Pandharpur (by the Bhima river in today’s Solapur district ...