Kirit Somaiya urges MHA to review his security after series of attacks

Former Lok Sabha MP and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Thursday urged the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA to review his security arrangements on the grounds that he was allegedly being attacked by Shiv Sena workers despite being under Z plus security of the Central Industrial Security Force CISFIn a letter to the MHA Somaiya said that there should be a review of the security system so that the Pune type incident which allegedly took place on February 5 could be avoided in futureShiv Sena activists attacked me at Pune Municipal Corporation on February 5 2022 They attacked me at Washim on August 20 2021 also They tried to gherao me at PimpriChinchwad on November 21 2021 The Shiv Sena activists had attacked me during a black flag demonstration at Thane and Mumbai while also attacking me at Mulund in 2016 he saidThe BJP leader charged that he has become a target for the Shiv Sena activists after he sought to expose the Uddhav Thackeray government in the state and its various scams It is felt that the gundas of Shiv Sena have increased their activities to harass and assault me he saidHe further said that the February 5 incident at Pune seems to have been well planned supported by the Pune Police and also the security staff of Pune Municipal CorporationA question is being askeddiscussed in spite of Z Category security in spite of the presence of half a dozen CISF personnel if such thing happened to Kirit Somaiya then what would be the status of common man he saidSomaiya in his letter also alleged that the Maharashtra police is directed to ignore attacks on Kirit Somaiya and that is why the police is not doing anything for his securityAfter the Washim attack and the Pune attack the Home Ministry the CISF and Maharashtra Police must become visible and active It seems that the Police in Maharashtra is informally informed by the ruling leaders to ignore the complaints of harassment and assault on me he allegedThe BJP leader further slammed the Pune Police Commissioner for providing illegal cover to Rakesh Wadhawan an accused in illegal PMC Bank Scam in 2020Pune Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta is the same person who provided illegal cover to Rakesh Wadhawan an accused in an illegal PMC Bank Scam in 2020 In spite of notices of ED Gupta arranged transportation to Wadhawan in 2020 to run away from Mumbai to Mahabaleshwar he addedThe BJP MPs from Mumbai and Pune regions have also written to the secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Somaiyas security concernsMeanwhile an FIR was filed against eight Shiv Sena leaders including the partys Pune district President Sanjay More for allegedly assaulting SomaiyaThe leader had on February 5 alleged that he was beaten by Shiv Sena leaders inside the premises of Pune Municipal CorporationThis 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