Attempt to malign me, will reply to allegations in court: Aaditya Thackeray

Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday said attempts were being made to malign his image over the June 2020 accidental death case of Disha Salian and he will present his side before the court reported news agency PTISatish Salian father of Disha Salian former manager of actor Sushant Singh Rajput on Wednesday said he has moved the Bombay High Court seeking a fresh probe into the mysterious circumstances under which she was found dead in June 2020 The petition demanded registration of a First Information Report against Aaditya Thackeray and transfer of the probe to the CBI he said reported PTIThe petition also claimed that his daughter was raped and murdered and subsequently there was a politicallyorchestrated coverup to protect certain influential persons Satish Salian told reportersAttempts have been made for the last five years to malign my image We will put forth our side in the court We will give our replies to the allegations in the court Thackeray a former Maharashtra minister told reportersDisha Salian died on June 8 2020 after falling off the 14th floor of a residential building in suburban Malad The city police had then registered an Accidental Death Report ADR case Six days later Bollywood star Rajput allegedly committed suicide in his apartment in Bandra reported PTITargeting Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday BJP minister Nitesh Rane said as per the Supreme Courts past decisions if a person is facing allegations of rape he must be arrestedHe also demanded Thackerays resignation as an MLA We have demanded this in the House assembly Rane told reporters reported PTIShiv Sena UBT leader Ambadas Danve who is the leader of the opposition in the legislative council alleged that the BJP was behind the attempts to target ThackerayThe BJPled government was free to investigate the case he told reportersNCP SP leader Jitendra Awhad questioned why Disha Salians father remained silent for five years and said it was pure politicsWill those named by Disha Salians father be arrested BJP MLAs ask in Maharashtra assemblyMLAs of the ruling BJPled Mahayuti alliance on Thursday raised the Disha Salian death controversy in the Maharashtra assembly seeking to know whether the persons named by her father who has moved the High Court will be arrestedDisha Salian former manager of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput died or was killed on June 8 2020 MLA Satam saidPolice termed the death as suicide and no further action was taken An SIT was formed in December 2022 but no report has been submitted as yet But social media is full of speculation about whether a party was going on when she died whether she was killed he saidSalians father has told the media that he suspects his daughter was gangraped and murdered He has filed a petition in the court The previous MVA government suppressed the case The then Mayor met him Satish Salian misled him and pressurized him not to speak He has said a minister in the previous MVA regime was involved This is a serious allegation Satam addedWith inputs from PTI