Case of assault on former Navy officer: Madan Sharma was attacked near his residence in Mumbai
Mumbai:
Madan Sharma, the retired naval officer who was assaulted on Friday, allegedly by members of the ruler Shiv Sena, attacked Uddhav Thackeray tonight and told Maharashtra’s chief minister “if you cannot take care of law and order, then resign and leave people decide … “.
Sharma, who was attacked for sharing a cartoon mocking Thackeray, also demanded that “all political workers and organizations of Uddhav ThackerayHee I should seek (an) apology from the entire nation. “
“I am hurt and stressed. What happened is saddening. I would like to tell Uddhav Thackeray that if you can’t take care of law and order, then quit and let the people decide who should,” Sharma quoted the news as saying. ANI agency.
“All Uddhav Thackeray workers and organizationsHee I should seek (an) apology from the entire nation … such an incident (should) never happen again to anyone else, “he added.
“If something happens to me or my family, I will blame Uddhav Thackeray,” he said, according to the PTI news agency.
This morning, bail was granted to the six accused of the assault. A local Seine leader, Kamlesh Kadam, is among those charged.
According to the Mumbai police, a Supreme Court order empowering police stations to release a defendant on bail, in cases where the maximum sentence is seven years or less, was executed upon the defendant’s release.
Madan Sharma, 65, was attacked near her home in Kandivalli East of Mumbai
Sharma’s daughter told NDTV: “We do not know how the photo (Mr. Thackeray’s cartoon) got to the Shiv Sena. We want strict action. The defendant should not have obtained bail in this way. Police personnel He had come to our house and discussed an investigation on us. I am opposed to this bond. “
Sharma’s assault has added to the dispute in Maharashtra, where ruler Shiv Sena and opponent BJP have been exchanging criticism on the Sushant Singh Rajput case, the subsequent investigation by the Bureau of Narcotics, and actor Kangana Ranaut’s comments on the Mumbai Police.
Earlier today, former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also criticized Mr. Thackeray, accusing his government of a “kind of (a) ‘state-sponsored terror’ situation.”
Madan Sharma, 65, was attacked near his home in Kandivalli East of Mumbai. Images posted online showed him with wounds to his face and a bloodshot eye.
In his complaint, Sharma said that he had sent the cartoon to the WhatsApp group of his residential society. He later received a call from Kamlesh Kadam, who asked for his name and address.
Later that day, in the afternoon, he was called outside his building and attacked by a group of men.
With contributions from ANI, PTI
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