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File photo of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut. (Image: PTI)
An official said a case was registered at the Kapurbawdi police station under IPC sections 153(a) (promoting enmity between different groups, religions etc), 500 (defamation) and other relevant sections.
Thane city police late on Wednesday night filed a first information report (FIR) against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut for defamation after he claimed that there was a threat to his life from Shrikant Shinde, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Was.
An official said a case was registered at the Kapurbawdi police station under IPC sections 153(a) (promoting enmity between different groups, religions etc), 500 (defamation) and other relevant sections.
He said that the FIR is based on the complaint of former Mayor Meenakshi Shinde.
In a letter to the Mumbai Police Commissioner, Raut had said, “Lok Sabha member Shrikant Shinde has given contract to kill me to Raja Thakur, a criminal from Thane.”
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