Mumbai, March 25: An FIR has been filed against Shiv Sena(UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray, Rhea Chakraborty, Dino Morea, Suraj Pancholi and others in Disha Salian’s death case, her father’s advocate said on Tuesday.

Satish Salian’s advocate Nilesh Ojha filed a fresh FIR in her death case. Ojha said that a written complaint has been filed with the police commissioner. In the FIR, the names of Aaditya Thackeray, Dino Morea and Suraj Pancholi have been mentioned.

According to Ojha, a written complaint to the police commissioner’s office was accepted by the joint commissioner of police (crime). The complaint is incorporated in the FIR. He further stated, “Aaditya Thackeray, Dino Morea, Suraj Pancholi and his bodyguard, Parambir Singh, Sachin Vaze and Rhea Chakraborty are all accused in the FIR.”

He claimed that Parambir Singh was the main mastermind for the coverup in the case. Ojha said, “Parambir Singh held a press conference and fabricated lies to save Aaditya Thackeray. NCB’s probe proves that Aaditya Thackeray was involved in a drug business and it has been also mentioned in the FIR.”

Ojha said that former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his associates hatched a conspiracy to suppress this serious crime. Some senior police officers were also involved in the conspiracy as they misused police and government machinery, created false police records, suppressed witnesses and tried to hide criminal evidence.

“It is my sincere request that all these acts should be immediately prosecuted under sections 376(D), 302, 409, 120(B), 107, 109, 166, 167 and other applicable sections of the IPC and strict action be taken against the accused,” said Ojha.

The move comes after Satish Salian recently filed a petition in the high court seeking a CBI probe into his daughter’s death. He had claimed that Disha was raped and murdered and he has named Aaditya Thackeray in the petition.

Disha Salian, who was a former manager of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, died on June 8, 2020, after allegedly falling from the 14th floor of a highrise building in Mumbai. At the time, the Mumbai Police registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR). Six days later, Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra residence. While the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the actor’s death probe, an SIT (Special Investigation Team) was constituted by the Maharashtra government in 2023 to investigate Disha’s death.

Mumbai: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra’s refusal to apologise for his joke about Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has sparked strong reactions from state government ministers. The controversy erupted after Kamra performed a stand-up act in Mumbai where he took a dig at Shinde’s political career, referring to him as a ‘gaddar‘ (traitor) in a parody of a popular Hindi song from Dil To Pagal Hai. His jokes also touched upon the recent political shifts in Maharashtra, including the Shiv Sena and NCP splits.

Gulab Patil’s Threat To Kunal Kamra

The backlash from the ruling coalition was swift. Shiv Sena leader Gulab Patil, speaking to reporters, warned Kamra of consequences if he did not apologise. “Shiv Sena won’t leave him… We won’t tolerate this insult. If he doesn’t apologise, kabhi toh bahar aayega na, kaha chupega? (he will come out, where will he hide?) The Shiv Sena will show its real form,” he said.

Minister of State for Home Yogesh Ramdas Kadam also condemned Kamra’s act, stating that punishment would follow. “He will be punished. If you are going to insult the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister, Hindu Gods and Goddesses, it is not tolerable. You cannot behave like this in Maharashtra or India… We enjoy comedy, but this is not the kind of comedy that will be tolerated,” Kadam told the media.

Kunal Kamra Refuses To Apologise

Despite these warnings, Kamra remained defiant. On Monday, he posted a statement on his official social media account, making it clear that he would not apologise for his act. Meanwhile, the Khar police issued a summons asking him to appear before the investigating officer at 11 am today. However, Mumbai police confirmed that Kamra is currently not in the city.

The controversy also led to legal action. The MIDC police registered an FIR against Kamra for his remarks and the case was later transferred to Khar police for further investigation.

Kolkata, March 25: The observation by a single judge bench of Calcutta High Court, asking the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to clarify whether the ghastly R.G. Kar rape and murder case in August last year was a case of “rape or gang-rape” has encouraged different organisations spearheading the movement to start a fresh stir.

After this, the leading protest groups have made it clear that CBI would be the target of their future protests in the matter now. According to an office-bearer of one such group, Medical Service Centre, the CBI has yet to file a supplementary charge sheet highlighting the aspects of the larger conspiracy behind the tragedy.

“We had been saying for a long time that the CBI had been trying to wash their hands off just by ensuring the conviction and sentencing of civic volunteer Sanjay Roy. The Calcutta High Court too seems to have realized it as evident from its observation on Monday. “Now it is time again to start a fresh movement on this issue and if necessary the series of protests like ‘reclaiming the night’ as was done last year. We demand that CBI reaches a quick and logical conclusion revealing the larger conspiracy behind the tragedy,” he added.

At the same time, said a representative of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, another association, which led the protests last year, the future movements will also focus on the role of the state government in trying to stall a fresh probe into the case by raising legal points.

“On one hand, the CBI had failed miserably in discharging their duty in revealing the larger conspiracy behind the tragedy. And now the state government seems to be determined to create hurdles for further investigation into the matter. Our next course of movement, which will be announced shortly, will be against both CBI and the state government,” claimed an activist.

On Monday, the state government counsel and Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee submitted that the state government was not opposed to further investigation into the matter. However, he questioned whether this could be done after the trial process had been completed at a special court.

Even the victim’s parents also strongly objected to the line of the state government counsel in the matter.

“On one hand, the state government is claiming that it did not have any objection to further investigation. On the other hand, it is raising questions on the legal aspects of whether further investigation could be carried out or not. The state government is not making it clear what it wants. This particular approach on the part of the state government had been evident since the body of our daughter was recovered from within the hospital premises in the morning of August 9 last year,” the victim’s father said after the hearing on Monday.