Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on February 3 ordered a high-level inquiry into the Ulhasnagar firing incident involving a BJP MLA and an area Shiv Sena chief, calling it “critical”.
“Kalyan MLA Ganpat Gaikwad of the BJP opened fireplace on Mahesh Gaikwad, the Shiv Sena chief of Kalyan, inside a police station at Ulhasnagar in Thane district on Friday evening over a land dispute,” a police official has stated.
“The incident is critical and I’ve requested the DGP (Director Common of Police) to carry a high-level Inquiry. Everyone seems to be equal earlier than the regulation regardless of their political affiliations,” Mr. Fadnavis advised reporters.
“The probe will discover out what made the MLA open fireplace and beneath what circumstances,” he stated. The State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule stated the occasion will take motion towards the MLA if he’s responsible.
Speaking to the information channel ‘Zee24taas’ earlier than his arrest, Ganpat Gaikwad stated he used the firearm as his son was being crushed (by the Sena chief’s males) on the police station. “Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is making an attempt to ascertain a “kingdom of criminals” in Maharashtra,” he alleged.
The BJP MLA accused CM’s son and Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde of placing up boards and grabbing credit score for the work executed by him. “I had advised my seniors many instances that these persons are indulging in violence towards my leaders,” he stated. Ulhasnagar is part of the Kalyan Parliamentary constituency.
