Yavatmal police on Saturday said a letter accusing Shiv Sena MLA and former Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod of "misconduct" was not sent by the woman whose name was mentioned in it and that the allegations were found to be baseless. The letter, believed to be sent by a woman, a resident of Ghatanji in the Yavatmal district, was sent to the office of the district SP.

"Since the allegations raised in the letter were concerning atrocity against woman, a special team was constituted to probe the matter. On August 13, the woman gave an application to the police saying she was not in a mental position to record her statement. On August 14, the woman and her husband reached the Ghatanji police station and recorded her statement in-camera," Yavatmal SP Dilip Bhujbal Patil told reporters.