Ex-Mumbai mayor Datta Dalvi held for 'objectionable' remarks against CM Shinde; gets judicial remand
The Hindu
Mumbai police arrest former mayor Datta Dalvi for allegedly making objectionable remarks against CM Shinde. Court remands him in 14-day judicial custody. Accused seeks bail, claiming innocence. Police booked him under IPC sections, including 153 (a) & (b), 294 & 504. Court denies police custody, hears bail plea. Accused claims false implication & no role in alleged offence.
The Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former city mayor Datta Dalvi for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, an official said.
A city court later remanded him in 14-day judicial custody. The accused sought bail from the court, claiming that he was "innocent and falsely implicated" in the case. His application will be heard on Thursday.
Mr. Dalvi was arrested from Bhandup area of Mumbai in the morning, the police official said.
"During a probe, the police found that a meeting was organised on Sunday by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) in suburban Bhandup, where Mr. Dalvi allegedly made some objectionable remarks against Mr. Shinde," a Bhandup police station official said.
On that basis, a first information report (FIR) was registered against Dalvi under various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 153 (a) (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc), 153 (b) (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 294 (obscene acts and songs) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), he said.
Following his arrest, the police produced him before a magistrate court in suburban Mulund and sought his remand for two days.
The investigators said his custody was required for maintaining law and order in the area.