Ex-Navy Officer Assault Case: Madan Sharma was attacked close to his Mumbai residence
Mumbai:
A Shiv Sena chief and 5 others, who have been in arrested in reference to the attack on a retired naval officer in Mumbai, have been given bail. The retired officer was overwhelmed on Friday allegedly by staff of Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena for forwarding a cartoon mocking Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
All of the six accused, together with Kamlesh Kadam, a neighborhood Sena chief, have been arrested by Mumbai Police in a single day after a case was registered. In line with the police, the Supreme Court docket order empowering the police station to launch an accused on bail from police station itself in issues the place most punishment is seven years or much less was exercised in granting them bail.
Madan Sharma, 65, was attacked close to his house in Mumbai’s Kandivalli East. Pictures posted on-line confirmed him with wounds on his face and a bloodshot eye.
Mr Sharma, in his grievance, stated he had forwarded the cartoon to his residential society’s WhatsApp group. He later obtained a name from Kamlesh Kadam, who requested his identify and tackle. Within the afternoon, he was referred to as exterior the constructing and was attacked by a bunch of males.
Safety footage that’s being extensively shared reveals the previous officer being thrashed by males, principally sporting masks.
He’s seen strolling to the primary gate of his residence constructing and after a number of moments, working again inside with a bunch of males chasing him. They drag him by his shirt and are seen punching him.
“Eight to 10 individuals attacked and beat me up at this time (Friday) after I obtained threatening requires a message that I had forwarded. I’ve labored for the nation my total life. A authorities like this could not exist,” Madan Sharma informed information company ANI on Friday.
Dr Sheela Sharma, daughter of the previous officer, informed NDTV, “We do not know the way the photograph reached the Shiv Sena. We would like strict motion. The accused should not have gotten bail on this manner. Police personnel had come to our home and spoke of a probe on us. I oppose this bail.”
A number of BJP leaders, together with former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, posted a photograph of an injured Madan Sharma.
“Extraordinarily unhappy and stunning incident. Retired Naval Officer received overwhelmed up by goons due to only a whatsApp ahead. Please cease this GundaRaj Uddhav Thackeray ji. We demand robust motion and punishment to those goons (sic),” Mr Fadnavis tweeted.
The BJP’s Pravin Darekar, Chief of Opposition within the Maharashtra Legislative Council, met Mr Sharma in hospital at this time. “That is one other face of Shiv Sena. They (accused) received bail due to Shiv Sena,” he informed NDTV.
