‘Power misuse’: MVA demands ex-minister’s arrest, MoS exit

“Tanaji Sawant is simply a erstwhile Shiv Sena minister. Murlidhar Mohol is simply a Union MoS for Civil Aviation. Both of them are blameworthy of misusing power… their parties are astatine the helm successful the authorities arsenic good arsenic astatine the Centre and truthful they person utilized the strategy to their advantage. This is simply a wide usurpation of law provisions which stipulate that powerfulness should beryllium utilized for the payment of the radical and not for bettering one’s ain household life,” Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut said, aft it emerged that Sawant’s lad was heading to  a “business trip” successful Bangkok.

Raut said it was astonishing that the lad paid lakhs of rupees to alert to Bangkok, and the father, who is simply a erstwhile minister, was not adjacent alert of it. “The accusation that has emerged is Sawant’s lad had immoderate occupation successful the household and was successful nary temper to perceive to them. If for the involvement of the household feud, a mendacious ailment has been filed truthful that the formation could beryllium made to instrumentality to Pune, past this is blatant misuse of power,” Raut alleged. “Sawant deserves to beryllium down bars for filing a lawsuit and Mohol should resign… for intervening successful a lawsuit related to a household feud and not a kidnapping case,” Raut said.

It each began erstwhile Pune Police received an anonymous telephone that Sawant’s lad Rishiraj, 32, was taken distant by immoderate unidentified persons connected Monday. Police registered a kidnapping lawsuit aft Sawant rushed to the constabulary commissioner’s bureau for help.

Pune constabulary probe showed that Rishiraj had booked a chartered formation to Bangkok.

The formation was asked to instrumentality to Pune International Airport connected the instructions of the civilian aviation department, said an officer.

NCP (SP) person Sunil Mane said a lawsuit should beryllium filed against Sawant for misleading the Pune police, the Chief Minister and curate Mohol.

“The erstwhile Minister has misused the system… And the Pune constabulary person besides fallen prey to it. In a kidnapping complaint, a lawsuit is filed lone aft the constabulary hunt for the missing idiosyncratic for 24 hours. In this matter, the ailment was filed successful nary time,” Mane said.

‘…The Chief Minister instructed Mohol to instrumentality up the lawsuit with DGCA officials. It is wide that … the strategy was utilized for idiosyncratic advantage. A lawsuit should beryllium filed against Sawant. And Mohol should besides resign arsenic helium had played into the hands of Sawant and allowed the strategy to beryllium misused,” Mane said.

State Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe said, “The full strategy seems to person been misused for the involvement of bringing an upset lad of a erstwhile curate safely home. Imagine the constabulary and different officials’ time, wealth and effort that was involved… This is simply a clear-cut lawsuit of transgression misuse of power.”

When contacted, Mohol’s idiosyncratic caput said helium was engaged successful a gathering with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the Pune constabulary had sought the assistance of Mohol and the DGCA. “After the FIR was registered, we had made a petition to the DGCA that if the craft was successful the Indian territory, it should beryllium told to onshore anywere connected Indian soil… The lawsuit could person had wide implications. From the constabulary constituent of view, we acted precise swiftly and took the lawsuit to its logical decision successful the shortest clip possible,” helium said.