BJP

Devendra Fadnavis

Narendra Mehta

Vasant Mane

Mira-Bhayander

Bhayander

Mira Bhayander

: Four days after an attempted attack on a Bhayander-based man and his family, a FIR has finally been registered against aMLA and nine corporators in the case.On February 24, a daily web newspaper published a post election news, which had morphed images of Maharashtra CMand the sena cheif Uddhav Thackeray. In response to the news, BJP MLAand corporators stormed into the newspaper’s editor’s building complex located at Modi Patel street inarea.Soon, news spread, allegedly on social media, following which BJP party workers assembled there around 8.30 pm, bringing the traffic to a halt for about an hour. The mob entered Mane’s society premises and also tried entering his house, managing to hurl pots and damaged cables at Mane. They were then stopped by the police and riot control force.Today, a FIR was filed under various sections of Bombay Police Act 1951, charging the accused Mehta and other corporators of rioting, assault and trespass. Confirming the FIR, Rajendra Kamble, Inspector,police station, said, "We had filed a FIR againstMLA Narendra Mehta and other members on Monday night itself. Currently, the process of scanning the video footage and talking to people is going on." Kamble added that statements of society members will also be taken.Currently, a FIR under sections 143, 147, 149, 452, 504, 505, 447 of the Indian Penal Code for rioting, assault and tresspassing and sections 37(1) and 135 Bombay Police Act 1951 has been lodged, but no arrests have been made.