Maharashtra Assembly polls: NCP (SP) MLA's son claims he was kidnapped
cops register case against 4 persons
Pune (PTI): Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, NCP (SP) MLA Ashok Pawar's son has alleged he was kidnapped by a group of persons who demanded Rs 10 crore from him, police said on Sunday.
The police on Saturday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against three men and a woman in this connection, they said.
The accused allegedly asked Rushiraj Pawar, the son of the Shirur MLA in Pune district, to come with them for a meeting with some persons who wanted to join the NCP (SP), as per the FIR.
The accused them took him on their motorbike to a bungalow, as per the FIR registered on Rushiraj Pawar's complaint.
He was also forced to film an obscene video with an unidentified woman, the complainant claimed.
The accused allegedly demanded Rs 10 crore for not circulating the video on social media, the FIR said.
Rushiraj came out of the bungalow on the pretext of arranging the ransom money and escaped. He later approached police and lodged a complaint against the accused.
Based on the complaint, the Shirur police registered the FIR against four persons under relevant legal provisions,.
"As per the complaint received, we have registered a case and further probe is on," Superintendent of Police Pankaj Deshmukh said.
The state assembly polls are scheduled on November 20.
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Maharashtra Cong chief Nana Patole scrapes through in Sakoli, wins by 208 votes
Mumbai, Nov 23: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole survived a scare from his nearest BJP rival in the Sakoli assembly constituency but managed to win the tight contest by a narrow margin of 208 votes.
Patole, the incumbent Congress MLA from Sakoli, polled 96,795 votes, while his challenger from BJP, Avinash Brahmankar, came tantalisingly close to bagging 96,587 votes.
Independent nominee Somadatta Karanjekar was a distant third, bagging 18,309 votes.
While Patole managed to save the face with the thin margin, the Congress unit led by him and the Maha Vikas Aghadi were routed by the BJP-led Mahayuti in the one-sided contest.
