BJP's Kirit Somaiya Alleges Attack by Shiv Sena Goons in Mumbai
In a tweet, Somaiya claimed that "100 goons" of the Shiv Sena assaulted him with stones, and tried to "kill" him.
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In the case of alleged attack on Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kirit Somaiya, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Sunday, 24 April, said that a case has been registered against those who were involved in stone-pelting, adding probe is underway to trace the accused.
"It's true there was stone-pelting. Probe underway to find who was behind it. Police will take appropriate action against those found guilty. Case has been registered in the matter," Patil said, as quoted by news agency ANI.
Somaiya, the vice president of the BJP's Maharashtra unit accused the Shiv Sena of trying to kill him in the presence of the police on Saturday, 23 April.
Alleging that he was injured after "100 goons" belonging to the party led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray pelted stones at his car outside Khar Police Station in Mumbai, Somaiya asked in a tweet, "How so many Mafia Sena Gundas were allowed to gathered in police station?"
A video shared by former Maharashtra chief minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis shows blood on Somaiya's face and a shattered window pane on the latter's car.
Nevertheless, Somaiya went to Bandra Police Station and demanded an FIR be filed against his attackers, tweeting that he will stay in his car until action is taken against "police officials and Mafia Sena Gundas".
Somaiya also said on Sunday that he had "informed about the attack to Home Secretary at the Centre," who "has sought a report on the attack," according to ANI news agency.
"The way our voices are muzzled, it seems that Uddhav Thackeray is hatching plots to do something on the lines of what was done with Mansukh Hiren (Antilia case). The FIR filed against me is a bogus one," he added.
The alleged attack on Somaiya happended during his visit to Khar Police Station after Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana (an MLA) were arrested earlier in the day a few hours after they decided not to recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence.
Shiv Sena workers had earlier protested and demonstrated against Somaiya's trip to the police station.
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