2 held for threat calls to MLA Abu Azmi over his opposition to rename Aurangabad

Mumbai Police have arrested two hawkers one each from Nashik and Pune districts for allegedly making threatening calls to Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi for opposing the Maharashtra governments move to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts an official said on ThursdayThe first arrest in the case was made from Niphad in Nashik district on Tuesday The accused identified as Bhausaheb Sonawane 40 had made a call to Azmi and it was received by his personal assistant Kamal Hussain he saidIn Pune hawker Tanaji Yevate was nabbed from Haveli taluka on Thursday in this connection the official saidBoth the accused were upset after Azmi opposed the state governments decision to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad as Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv respectively Both of them have been arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC including 506 2 criminal intimidation and they will remain in police custody till Friday he addedAzmis PA had approached the police claiming that he had received the threatening phone calls over the legislators opposition to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad The callers had threatened to kill Azmi for his stand on the issue an official had said on MondayBased on Hussains complaint an FIR was registered at the Colaba police station in this connectionAlso Read Raj Thackeray deferred Ayodhya visit as he got scared says Abu AzmiAs per his complaint the callers wanted to speak to Azmi but Hussain refused to pass on the phone to the MLA The callers said Azmi must not speak on the renaming issue he addedHours before Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Maharashtra chief minister on June 29 the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA cabinet which also included Congress and NCP ministers approved the renaming of Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad as DharashivSpeaking during a special session of the Maharashtra Assembly on Sunday Azmi had objected to the move saying that such steps are a challenge to the ConstitutionYou should focus on the Constitution instead of the majority alone Can anyone guarantee that by changing the name of the city all of its issues are resolved If development is taking place by simply changing the name then I do not have any issues But what message this erstwhile MVA government is giving by changing only Muslim names he had said in the HouseAzmi represents Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency in MumbaiThis 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