The magistrate court on Saturday sent advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte to police custody till April 11 and 109 others to judicial custody.
The magistrate court on Saturday sent advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte to police custody till April 11 and 109 others to judicial custody.
Questions have been raised over the intelligence failure of the Mumbai Police as it failed to anticipate the possible Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar’s house attacked,
From Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut expressed dissatisfaction over the inability of the Mumbai Police to stop the attack. The home portfolio is with the NCP and the senior leader, one of Mr Pawar’s most trusted aides, Dilip Walse-Patil, is home minister.
When asked about the objectionable language used by advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte for the last six months and no action by the Mumbai Police, Mr Raut sarcastically described it as the biggest example of tolerance. “We always say that so much patience or tolerance is not justified. Strict action should be taken under the law. Such lax governance will never work. We faced its consequences yesterday,” Mr. Raut said in a direct attack on Mr. Walse-Patil. said.
This is the second time in two weeks that Mr Walse-Patil has come under attack. Earlier, he was accused of being lenient with the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party who are facing litigation. At that time also Mr. Raut had led the attack. The Shiv Sena leader was angry with the state home department for not acting on the complaint against the Enforcement Directorate officials, whom he had accused of blackmailing and extortion.
State Deputy CM Ajit Pawar was also unhappy with the intelligence failure of the Mumbai Police. “This attack is a failure of the police system. How did the media come to know about the attack and the police were unaware? This is also incomprehensible as workers celebrating the court’s decision a day earlier protested a day later,” Mr Pawar said. The home department has beefed up security outside Mr Pawar’s house and the house of Lok Sabha MP and his daughter Supriya Sule, who came out on Friday to face the protesters.
Meanwhile, a magistrate’s court on Saturday sent advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte to police custody till April 11 and 109 others to judicial custody. Special Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat said that several policemen were injured in the protests and demanded to find out the mastermind behind the conspiracy. The Mumbai Police had on April 8 detained Mr Sadavarte for being at the forefront of the state transport worker’s agitation and arrested over 100 others for protesting outside Mr Pawar’s residence. FIR Sections 142 (being a member of an unlawful assembly), 145 (attending or continuing an unlawful assembly, knowing that it has been ordered to disperse), 149 (every member of an unlawful assembly in general convicted of an offense committed in the prosecution of the object). , 353 (assault or criminal force to prevent public servant from discharging his duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to prevent public servant from performing his duty), 333 (voluntarily causing public servant to deter from his duty) Causing grievous hurt) 334 (Voluntary provocation).
The state home minister, facing criticism, held a meeting with senior police officers on Saturday. He also met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and the NCP president. He has already ordered an inquiry into the intelligence failure.
He appealed to the striking employees to maintain peace and follow the order of the Bombay High Court, according to which they have been asked to resume duty by April 22. On Saturday morning, the police asked the employees to vacate Azad Maidan, where they have been protesting for the past five days. Months and then taken to CSMT Railway Station. When the employees refused to budge, they started protesting inside the station.