Disha Salian Death: Uddhav Thackeray Asked Me Not to Name His Son, Claims BJP MP Narayan Rane

Disha Salian Death: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Narayan Rane on Saturday claimed that Uddhav Thackeray asked him not to put his son Aaditya's name into the press concerning the 2020 Disha Salian death.

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“Disha Salian's father had to go to the High Court because he has not received justice until now. Her father felt he would not receive justice from the police, so he went to the High Court. Uddhav Thackeray's PA, who is now probably an MLA, called me. I was also going home at that time, and he (PA) said that Uddhav Thackeray wanted to talk to me... He (PA) asked will you talk? I asked where he was (Uddhav Thackeray) and to give him the phone,” ANI quoted Rane as saying at a presser.

“As soon as he (Uddhav Thackeray) received the phone, I said Jai Maharahstra. He (Uddhav Thackeray) asked me if I still say Jai Maharashtra, so I replied I would keep saying Jai Maharashtra till I die. Jai Maharashtra is not Matoshri's property. It is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's property," he added.

"When he was chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray called me twice during the COVID pandemic and requested me not to drag his son in the Disha Salian case," PTI quoted Rane as saying.

The former Union minister further claimed he told Thackeray that he had not named anybody and only referred to a minister in his press conference.

"Register an FIR based on the evidence gathered so far and arrest him (Aaditya)," Rane said.

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Disha Salian death probe

Satish Salian, the father of former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Disha Salian, approached the Bombay high court seeking reopening the case of mysterious death of his daughter June 2020.

The petition seeks the high court's order for registering a First Information Report against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and the transfer of inquiry to CBI.

The plea claimed that Disha Salian was brutally raped and murdered, following which there was politically orchestrated cover-up in order to free certain influential persons.

The petitioner had come to believe at first that it was genuine giving by the city police but is now convinced that it was a cover-up, it stated.

Reacting to the development, Aaditya Thackeray said,"A lot of people have tried to defame me for the last five years. If the matter is in court, then we will speak in court."

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