Thane (Maharashtra). A Thane court on Tuesday awarded Rs 15,000 to senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad in an alleged molestation case filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha worker. Anticipatory Bail was granted. In Thane, Mumbra police late on Sunday (13 November) against Awhad, BJPMM vice-president Rida A. An FIR was registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Rashid (Rida A. Rashid) alleging molestation. Awhad said, I am not happy with all this at all. The police should have watched the video of the incident before taking any cognizance of such complaint.
This is a systematic attempt to politically eliminate me from such low level gimmicks. He also claimed that the police were “under pressure” from above to implicate him in a false case, but he is a warrior and is not afraid of such conspiracies. Soon after the case was registered on Monday, Awhad had threatened to resign as an MLA to protest the ‘murder of democracy’ in Maharashtra. This is the second case registered within 72 hours against Awhad, a vocal critic of the ruling Balasahebunchi Shiv Sena Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Earlier, he and 11 others were detained for creating a ruckus at a mall multiplex during the screening of a Marathi film ‘Har Har Mahav’ on November 7, but were granted bail by a Thane court on Saturday. Was. (IANS)
