IMAGE: Sameer Wankhede, right, with wife Kranti Redkar, centre, receives the Bharat Ki Shaan Award from Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota in Mumbai, August 16, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Sameer Wankhede, who got a clean chit from the Mumbai district caste certificate verification committee, spotted at the National Commision for Scheduled Castes in New Delhi earlier this day. Photograph: PTI Photo
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Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/