Maharashtra: Case against NCP leader Jitendra Awhad registered in wrong manner, says Ajit Pawar

In light of NCP leader Jitendra Awhads claim that fake cases were being registered against him senior party leader Ajit Pawar on Monday said the case against party MLA had been registered in a wrong manner and it needs to be withdrawnThe police in Thane district have registered a case against Awhad under section 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty of the Indian Penal Code following a complaint by a womanThe complainant alleged that the NCP leader had pushed her while making way for himself during the dispersal of a crowd after an event of the chief minister in Mumbra on Sunday evening as per the First Information Report FIRSpeaking to the reporters here Pawar said I insist that the way this case against Awhad has been registered in the wrong manner it should be withdrawnAwhad tweeted that he would resign as he was fed up of the misuse of police after two offences were registered against him First of all I would like to appeal to Awhad not to take such a step the NCP leader saidAlso read NCP leader Jitendra Awhad to resign as MLA over fake cases against himExpressing his displeasure about the recent incidents involving Awhad Pawar said when the screening of Marathi film Har Har Mahadev was disrupted the person who was beaten up himself informed that Awhad had protected him But a case was registered against the NCP leader and he was kept in a police station overnightIn the second incident Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was there at the programme and Awhad was also present at the event He is seen in the video asking people to move aside to make way and was also seen trying to make the woman step aside Nothing else happened Despite the fact that Shinde was standing just 10 meters away from the spot this kind of offence was registered Pawar saidThe chief minister should come forward and explain that nothing of this sort had happened there Irrespective of how he became the chief minister Shinde represents 13 crore people of the state he saidSince the formation of the state we have seen a particular political culture in Maharashtra However of late some distasteful incidents are taking place in the state Pawar saidThe NCP further said that political and ideological differences of opinion can be there but if such incidents keep taking place it would not be good for the stateSeveral people are of the opinion that there was no need to invoke such a section against Awhad but this is an attempt to put a peoples representative in trouble and it is an act of cowardice he said adding that such things were being highlighted to divert peoples attention from the real issuesIf anyones conduct is against the law action should be taken but without any reason the image of public representatives should not be tarnished Pawar saidEarlier Awhad the MLA from MumbraKalwa seat in Thane was arrested on Friday after he and his supporters stopped a show of Har Har Mahadev at a multiplex inside a mall in Thane city alleging the film distorted the history of Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajHe was granted bail by a court on Saturday in that caseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever