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.