Attack on Marathi family in Kalyan: Govt employee surrenders before cops

A Maharashtra government employee accused of attacking a Marathispeaking family at Kalyan in Thane district surrendered before police on Friday a senior officer said reported the PTIAkhilesh Shukla 48 an employee of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation MTDC his wife Geeta 45 and others have been named in an FIR related to the alleged attack on the family their neighbour on December 18 after an argumentAkhilesh Shukla surrendered before the Khadakpada police senior inspector Aamarnath Waghmode said according to the PTIWe will trace the other accused said the policeMeanwhile before surrendering Shukla posted a video on social media in which he claimed his wife was beaten up by family members of the victimsThe police have registered a case against Shukla and his wife Geeta 45 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS sections 74 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty 115 voluntarily causing hurt 3513 criminal intimidation 189 2 3 and 5 unlawful assembly and othersAccording to police the attack took place around 845 pm on December 18 and the accused as well as the victims live on the same floor of a building in KalyanAs per the FIR the victim saw Shukla quarrelling with one of their neighbours over lighting of an incense stick The victim asked Shukla to maintain peace and not to abuse and insult the entire Marathispeaking communityThe accused couple got angry on hearing this and beat up the victim and his wife with the help of eight to ten others They attacked the male victim using some sharp weapon iron rod pipes and wooden sticks and inflicted wounds on his arms legs and face The accused also molested his wife and threatened the couple it addedInsult of Marathi people will not be tolerated Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath ShindeMeanwhile Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said that insult of Marathi people will not be tolerated in the state reported the PTIAction has been taken against the accused and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made an elaborate statement in the legislative council over the issue he told reporters hereMarathi asmita pride will be protected and insult of Marathi people will not be tolerated said the Shiv Sena president adding that late Bal Thackeray had founded the party to protect the rights of Marathi people the news agency reportedA case has been registered against a state government employee and his wife for allegedly attacking a Marathi family at Kalyan in Thane district over a dispute between neighboursAsked about vandalising of the Mumbai Congress office by BJP youth wing workers on Thursday Shinde a former CM said police will deal with those who take law into their handsIn a democracy no one has the right to indulge in vandalism he addedAsked about disgruntlement of party colleagues Vijay Shivtare and Prakash Surve over noninclusion in the new state cabinet Shinde said they spoke out in anger earlier but they were not sulking any longerPointing to them sitting next to him he quoted Shivtares statement that being called a trusted aide of Eknath Shinde was more important to him than getting any postNo one in the Shiv Sena was upset Shinde averred adding We will continue to work as a familyEarlier in the day Shinde held a meeting with Shivtare Prakash Surve and Narendra Bhondekar who were upset at not being included in the ministrywith PTI inputs