NCP will wait for probe outcome in case against Dhananjay Munde: Sharad Pawar

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday said the party will think of any action against Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde facing rape accusation only after the truth comes out post police probe in the matterMunde the Social Justice Minister and NCP leader has been accused of rape by a Mumbaibased woman a charge he has strongly refuted and termed it as a blackmail attemptPawar told reporters here that the NCP wants an ACP rank woman officer to be part of the police team that will probe the allegations against MundeThe former Union ministers comments came in the wake of NCP leaders holding a late Thursday night meeting to discuss the issueAt the meeting it was decided to let Munde continue in his post for now and take a call on his fate after the police investigation is completedSpeaking to reporters on Thursday Pawar had termed the allegations levelled by the woman as seriousOn Thursday BJP leader Krishna Hegde and Manish Dhuri of the MNS alleged that the same woman had allegedly harassed them tooPawar on Friday said the claims made by Hegde and Dhuri were not in public domain when he had termed the allegations of the woman against Munde as being seriousWhen we learnt these things claims of Hegde and Dhuri we came to a conclusion that the matter has to be probed in detailWe were and are sure that the police department will do that Pawar said adding the party will not interfere in the police investigationThe only thing we suggested was that there should at least one woman ACP rank official probing the matter They should bring to the fore facts after taking information about the complaints And they should complete the probe as soon as possible he addedPawar said possibility that injustice will be meted to one if the matter is not probed in detail cannot be ruled out and hence the party is waiting for the investigation outcomeThe NCP president said he has full confidence that the Mumbai Police will bring the truth outAsked about some BJP leaders targeting the NCP over the episode involving Munde Pawar said it is the right of the opposition to criticiseBut he added it is the responsibility of the NCP to go deep into the matter to know the facts and take the right decision accordinglyOn the BJP making repeated allegations against NCP leaders like Munde and Nawab Malik another NCP minister Pawar attributed the same to the restlessness of the NDA lead constituent after losing power in MaharashtraIt is alright I can understand the restlessness of those who have lost power I dont see it as different from targeting those because of whom they feel they lost the power he addedMaliks soninlaw has been arrested by the NCB in a drugs caseAsked about another allegation against Munde that he hid information about having two more children from the relationship with the sister of the complainant woman Pawar said it needs to be checked and added such cases of hiding information have happened in the country previouslyIt needs to be checked whether he got married for the second time or has more children but did not share the information Such cases have happened in the countryEven there are cases involving the highest people But I dont want to go into their details Pawar said without naming anyoneThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever