Former Maharashtra minister arrested for stopping screening of Marathi movie, bashing viewers
Mumbai: Jitendra Awhad, former Maharashtra minister, was arrested with nine supporters on Friday after he stopped the screening of a Marathi movie in Thane and also thrashed viewers in the theatre.
On Monday, Awhad, leader of the National Congress Party, and his supporters is learned to have gate-crashed into a multiplex in Thane that was showing 'Har Har Mahadev', based on Shivaji. The group accused the film maker of distorting history, reported NDTV.
The CCTV camera footage showed some of the viewers too being beaten when they raised a voice of objection against the forced stopping of the screening.
Awhad, who represents Mumbra-Kalwa constituency in Thane, posted on social media that he had been summoned by the Vartak Nagar police and put under arrest.
An FIR was registered at the Vartak Nagar Police Station under IPC Sections 323 and 504, accusing Awhad of assault and intentional insult with an intention of breaching peace.
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Wanted criminal, 3 aides killed in encounter in UP; cop sustains gunshot wounds
Lucknow (PTI): A wanted criminal and his three associates were gunned down in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police in Shamli district, officials said on Tuesday.
An STF inspector also suffered multiple gunshots in the exchange of fire that took place in the Jhinjhina area of Shamli district during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a senior police officer said.
"On the intervening night of January 20-21, Mustafa Kagga gang member Arshad along with three others -- Manjeet, Satish and one unknown accomplice -- were injured in a police engagement with STF Meerut team. They have succumbed to injuries during the encounter," said UP STF, Law and Order, Additional Director General of Police, Amitabh Yash.
"Arshad was wanted in a robbery case from Police Station Behat, Saharanpur. A reward of Rs one lakh was declared on him by the ADG of Meerut Zone. A dozen cases of robbery, dacoity and murder were registered against Arsad," he added.
Yash said that Inspector Sunil, who was leading the STF team, received multiple gunshot wounds during the encounter and was admitted to Amritdhara Hospital in Karnal.
Sunil was later referred to the Medanta in Gurugram, he added.
Further legal proceedings in the case are underway, the police said.
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), an elite wing of the state police, primarily deals with organised crime and criminals.
