Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Lok Sabha MP Anand Paranjpe on Saturday slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Thane police in connection with 11 First Information Reports (FIRs) filed against him over a single protest held in December.

His comments come a day after the Bombay High Court pulled up Maharashtra police for registering 11 FIRs in connection with one protest against the CM, with a division bench noting that police will learn a lesson only when costs are imposed on them, which they would have to pay from their own salaries.