Ulhasnagar firing: BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad, 4 others sent to judicial custody for 14 days
fired five rounds. “If Eknath Shinde is the chief minister, only criminals will be born in Maharashtra. He has made a good person like me a criminal today," he said.
On February 2, Gaikwad had opened fire at Mahesh Gaikwad and Senior Inspector Rahul Patil inside Hill Line police station in Ulhasnagar in neighbouring Thane district. He was arrested for attempt to murder and other offences. Both Mahesh Gaikwad and Rahul Patil have survived and are being treated at Jupiter Hospital.
Earlier in February, a number of Shiv Sena ministers in the government met Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. They sought action against Gaikwad for accusing CM Shinde. "We met him before the cabinet meeting and asked him to take action against Ganpat Gaikwad for making baseless, inaccurate and meaningless allegations against CM Shinde," PTI quoted Shiv Sena minister Shambhuraj Desai as saying.
Fadnavis, who holds the Home portfolio in the Shinde government, will definitely take cognisance of their demand, Desai added. The guardian minister of Thane district said Ganpat Gaikwad had never informed him about his alleged issues with CM Shinde. Ganpat Gaikwad earlier moved an application in a local court as he sought permission for home-cooked food in police custody.Milestone Alert!
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