Shiva Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray Sanjay Raut summoned over defamatory articles
Shiva Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray Sanjay Raut summoned over defamatory articles
In a new development,
Metropolitan Magistrate (Sewree court) SB Kale
has issued summons to Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut purporting to alleged defamatory articles published by the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ against Rahul Shewale, a leader of the rival Sena faction.
This comes following a complaint filed by Shewale, MP from the Mumbai South-Central constituency.
Uddhav Thackeray, former Maharashtra chief minister, and Sanjay Raut, Rajya Sabha MP have been directed to appear before the court on July 14.
Rahul Shewale, associated with the Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde, has sought action against the two leaders under IPC sections 500 (punishment for defamation) and 501 (printing or engraving matter knowing it to be defamatory) for publishing ‘defamatory articles’ against him in the Marathi and Hindi editions of ‘Saamana’.
While Uddhav Thackeray is the chief editor of Saamana, Raut is its executive editor.
In the complaint, filed through advocate Chitra Salunke, Shewale took objection to the articles with the headline
‘Rahul Shewale has hotel, real estate business in Karachi’ published on December 29, 2022.
Rahul Shewala strongly refuted all the allegations made in the said articles and categorically stated that this is merely a feeble attempt to damage the reputation and political career of the complainant by levelling false accusations against him to malign his image before the public at large.
News input KV Raman
