The official said prohibitory orders were in force in the area till midnight of January 26, due to which Mahim police had denied permission for Vaidya’s victory rally scheduled on January 18
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Newly elected Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Milind Vaidya and his associates have been booked for allegedly organising an unauthorised victory procession in the Mahim area of central Mumbai, a police official said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.
Vaidya was elected from ward number 182 in the January 15 elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The official said prohibitory orders were in force in the area till midnight of January 26, due to which Mahim police had denied permission for Vaidya’s victory rally scheduled on January 18. His associates subsequently reapplied for permission on January 22 and January 24, but both requests were turned down, he said, reported PTI.
Despite the denial, Vaidya and his supporters allegedly took out a victory procession in the Mahim area between 5.30 pm and 8 pm on January 24. During the rally, firecrackers were burst and loudspeakers were used, the official added, reported PTI.
Taking cognisance of the unauthorised procession, Mahim police registered a case against Vaidya, Vinay Akre, Avirat Shinde, Santosh Surve, Deepak Sawant and more than 40 others on charges of unlawful assembly and violation of the police commissioner’s prohibitory orders, the official said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) office-bearer, named in police case over posters on 'missing' Kalyan corporator, has died: Party
Meanwhile, a Shiv Sena (UBT) office-bearer, who had put up posters seeking information about a "missing" party corporator in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) in Thane district, died on Monday, local leaders of the outfit claimed, reported PTI.
Ramesh Tike, a Shiv Sena (UBT) sub-division head, died allegedly of a heart attack, Shiv Sena (UBT) district chief Sharad Patil said, reported PTI.
When contacted, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kalyan Ghette said police have not received any information regarding Tike's death.
However, he said, police have initiated an inquiry following an application submitted by the Shiv Sena (UBT) seeking registration of a murder case.
The controversy centres around newly-elected KDMC corporator Madhur Matre, who hogged the limelight after posters appeared in Kalyan (East)'s Kolsewadi area stating that he could not be traced and urging citizens to contact the local Shiv Sena (UBT) branch if he was seen, reported PTI.
Tike was among those involved in putting up the posters about Madhur Matre, reported PTI.
Following the display of the posters, Madhur Matre's father, Umesh Baliram Matre, lodged a complaint at the Kolshewadi police station, alleging defamation and claiming his son was not missing, but had gone on a pilgrimage and was in touch with family members, reported PTI.
Acting on the complaint, police registered a case against Shiv Sena (UBT) office-bearer Neeraj Dubey and two others, including Tike, and began an investigation, reported PTI.
The party has claimed Tike was under severe mental stress due to repeated police summons issued to him following the complaint.
Shiv Sena (UBT) district chief Patil, local youth wing president Neeraj Dubey, and other leaders have demanded that a murder case be registered against Umesh Matre and the police administration, and warned of an agitation over the issue, reported PTI.
ACP Ghette clarified that the defamation case based on Umesh Matre's complaint was under investigation.
(With inputs from PTI)
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