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BJP leader Shelar arrested over remarks against Mumbai Mayor, released on bail

Pednekar, a Shiv Sena leader, had on Wednesday filed a complaint against Shelar at the Marine Drive police station in south Mumbai over his alleged remarks following which a case under sections 354 A (4) (making sexually coloured remark) and 509 (words or gestures insulting woman's modesty) of the IPC was registered against the former minister

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BJP MLA Ashish Shelar. File Pic

BJP MLA Ashish Shelar. File Pic

Maharashtra BJP MLA Ashish Shelar was arrested in a case registered against him for his alleged objectionable remarks about Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, and later released on bail, police officials said on Friday.

Shelar was arrested by police on Thursday afternoon and later released on bail on a surety of Rs 1 lakh as the charges under which he was booked were bailable, said a senior official.

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