Ulhasnagar strongman Pappu Kalani's son Omie Kalani.

ULHASNAGAR: In an interesting development before Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation election, two BJP local leaders who have filed two attempt to murder cases against Ulhasnagar strongman Pappu Kalani's son Omie Kalani have withdrawn their complaints.

Both leaders on Friday submitted their affidavit in Kalyan session court saying the cases registered by them against Omie was politically motivated.

The withdrawal decision came in amid rumour that Omie can join BJP with 27 corporators.

Lawyer Vinod Ujjainwal, representing both complainants Guddu Sukhramani and Prakash Kalwani, on Friday filed an affidavit before Kalyan session court saying they want to discharge FIRs filed against Omie Kalani and Manoj Lassi.

The judge has accepted the affidavit filed by lawyer and in further court proceeding, the lawyer will have to file an discharge application.

Talking to TOI, Mahesh Sukharamani, uncle of Guddu, confirmed about taking back case in court.

During last UMC election, Omie Kalani and Manoj Lassi with their associates on two occasions had assaulted Sukhramani and Kalwani, asking Sukhramani to ask her aunty Neetu Sukharamani to not contest civic election against Omie's mother Jyoti Kalani.

After the case was registered Omie and Lassi had surrendered before the court which had remanded them to jail.

Later, Omie and others had managed to get bail from Kalyan session court on the basis of former Thane police commissioner K P Raghuvanshi's report to the state government in which he had claimed case registered against Omie and other were politically motivated.

Omie is the son of Ulhasnagar's strongman and former four-times MLA Pappu Kalani who is serving life term in jail in a murder case.

