Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has registered a defamation case in Maharashtra’s Beed district for his claim that his life was threatened by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde‘s son Shrikant Shinde, an official said on Friday.
The case was filed on the basis of a complaint lodged by the Beed Shiv Sena district unit chief on Thursday, he said. This is the second such First Information Report (FIR) registered against Raut in connection with his allegations. A similar case was registered against him at Kapurbawdi police station in Thane city on Wednesday evening.
Based on a complaint lodged at the Beed City Police Station, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against the Rajya Sabha member under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups), 500 and 501 (both relating to defamation ), 504 (intentional insult) and others, the official said.
An investigation into the case is underway, he said. Raut wrote to the police on Tuesday that he had allegedly threatened the life of Shrikant Shinde, MP from Kalyan. “Lok Sabha member Shrikant Shinde gave a ‘supari’ (contract) to kill me to Thane-based criminal Raj Thakur. I have confirmed information about the same. I am informing you as a responsible citizen,” Raut claimed in the letter.
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