Shiv Sena’s ‘missing’ Palghar MLA returns home
Palghar (PTI): Shiv Sena MLA Shrinivas Vanga, who represents Maharashtra’s Palghar constituency, has returned home two days after remaining unreachable.
Earlier, his family members had said that the legislator was upset after being denied a ticket by the Eknath Shinde-led party for the upcoming state polls. He had apparently been incommunicado since Monday evening.
His family had not filed any police complaint.
After his return on Wednesday, Vanga, said, “I needed rest and hence decided to be away from home and others for a couple of days.”
He did not elaborate on where he was for two days.
Vanga had told reporters on Monday that he committed a “grave mistake” by siding with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and joining his party. Videos of Vanga’s emotional responses had gone viral on social media.
Vanga, the son of late BJP MP Chintaman Vanga, became an MLA after winning the 2019 assembly elections as a candidate of undivided Shiv Sena from the Palghar (Scheduled Tribes) seat.
After a split in the Sena, he had supported Shinde. He was hoping to be renominated from the seat by the party.
However, the Sena nominated former MP Rajendra Gavit, who had also sided with Shinde when he rebelled against the then Sena head Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022.
Vanga had also described Thackeray, who now heads Shiv Sena (UBT), as a “dev manus” (God-like man).
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Woman, four daughters killed in Lucknow hotel laid to rest in Sambhal
Sambhal (UP) (PTI): The Agra woman and her four daughters who were allegedly killed by her son in a Lucknow hotel were buried in Sambhal on Friday in front of her grieving family.
The bodies were brought to Sambhal early on Friday.
Mohammad Arshad allegedly killed his mother Asma and sisters Alia (9), Aksa (16), Rahmeen (18) and Alshia (19) in a Lucknow hotel room on Wednesday, according to police.
He then shot a video in which he confessed to slitting the wrists and throats of his sisters and mother. In the 6.5-minute selfie video, Arshad further claimed his father was also involved in the killings.
The family members of Asma, who hailed from Sambhal, demanded the death penalty for Arshad.
Asma's brother Mohammad Zeeshan said, "I received a phone call from Lucknow that day. I spoke with Arshad. He said, 'Uncle I have killed the whole family,' after which the police took away the phone."
"I last spoke to my sister almost four months ago. She was very simple and loving. I want Arshad to get the harshest punishment, he should be hanged," he said.
He also demanded that Arshad's father be arrested immediately.
Arshad, who was arrested shortly after the murders, was on Thursday sent to judicial custody.
Arshad's family lived in Agra and preliminary inquiry has revealed that he took the step because of domestic disputes.
In the video, Arshad claimed that he took the extreme step due to harassment and oppression by the residents of his locality.
