Leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday slammed the ruling Mahayuti alliance and demanded an apology from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after a Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT), shaped by the state authorities, instructed the Bombay Excessive Court docket that there was no foul play in the death of Disha Salian, former supervisor of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut stated the BJP should apologise to Aaditya Thackeray for ‘maligning’ him with false allegations linking him to Salian’s loss of life. “Devendra Fadnavis should apologise. If the police have concluded that it was a suicide, then BJP leaders and even Eknath Shinde ought to make an apology. They defamed Aaditya Thackeray,” Raut stated whereas chatting with information company ANI.

Echoing the sentiment, senior NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) chief Eknath Khadse accused the BJP of exploiting the case for “dirty politics”. “Baseless allegations have been levelled towards Aaditya Thackeray. They did politics over a girl’s loss of life,” Khadse instructed ANI.

Disha Salian died on June 8, 2020, after falling from the 14th ground of a residential constructing in Mumbai’s Malad. Her loss of life had triggered conspiracy theories and political sparring in Maharashtra.

Whereas her father, Satish Salian, has repeatedly alleged that his daughter was gangraped and murdered, the Mumbai Police’s affidavit to the Excessive Court docket stated the proof doesn’t help this declare.

In accordance with the police, Salian jumped from the window of her apartment of her personal volition and there have been no indicators of sexual or bodily assault in her postmortem. The affidavit submitted by Senior Inspector Shailendra Nagarkar of Malvani Police Station famous that Salian was beneath “super psychological stress” as a consequence of household disputes and failed enterprise offers and was inebriated on the time. Her fiance, who was current that evening, additionally dominated out foul play.

In March this 12 months, Satish Salian moved the High Court seeking a CBI probe and an FIR towards Aaditya Thackeray. Following this, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane demanded Thackeray’s resignation and legal motion towards him.

Thackeray, in flip, filed an software earlier than the Excessive Court docket, calling the petition “false, frivolous and motivated” and looking for a listening to earlier than any order is handed.

The Bombay Excessive Court docket is but to determine on Satish Salian’s plea for a CBI investigation.

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