Mumbai Designer Accused Of Offering Rs 1 Crore Bribe To Amruta Fadnavis Arrested
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The opposition Congress and NCP's Ajit Pawar questioned how the wife of the state Home Minister could be targeted like this.
A sensational allegation by Amruta Fadnavis, the wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, that a bookie's daughter tried to threaten and blackmail her sparked a political furore in the state assembly today. The bookie's daughter has been arrested.
The opposition Congress and NCP's Ajit Pawar questioned how the wife of the state Home Minister could be targeted like this.
Amruta Fadnavis has filed a complaint with the Mumbai Police against the woman, who claimed to be a designer, and has alleged a conspiracy. A woman named "Aniksha" and her father have been named in a First Information Report (FIR) filed on February 20.
Amruta Fadnavis, a banker, alleges that the woman befriended her, and tried to bribe her, offering her Rs 1 crore to intervene in a criminal case involving her father. She allegedly also offered to give information on bookies "to help her earn money".