From top cop Hemant Nagrale’s statement on the Sakinaka rape case to NCB leader Nawab Malik’s relentless attacks on the NCB and Central Government, here’s a look at five controversial statements made by Mumbai personalities this year. Images/File

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“This type of comparison has happened earlier too. It`s a respect for Hema Malini. So don`t see it negatively. Earlier, Lalu Prasad had also given a similar example. We respect Hema Malini.”
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2. NCP leader Nawab Malik on BJP-NCB collusion in the arrest of Aryan Khan
“BJP is using NCB to create terror in Mumbai.”

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3. Malik after releasing a photo of NCB’s Sameer Wankhede’s supposed ‘nikah’
“Kabul hai, Kabul hai, Kabul hai. Ye tune kya kiya Sameer Dawood Wankhede (What did you do, Sameer Dawood Wankhede).”
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4. Union minister Narayan Rane, claiming that Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray couldn’t tell the year of India’s independence
“I would have slapped Uddhav had I been there.”

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5. Mumbai Police chief Hemant Nagrale on the Sakinaka rape case
“Police reached the crime spot within 10 minutes. It cannot be present at every crime location.”
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