Tag: Maharashtra Home Minister

  • Jalgaon hostel incident: Maharashtra Home Minister denies involvement of police officials

    By ANI
    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday rejected the claims that police officers were involved in an incident that took place in Jalgaon where women residing in a hostel were allegedly made to strip while dancing.

    “A four-woman officer committee had been constituted to look into the incident yesterday and they have reported that no police officer was involved in the incident,” Deshmukh said while speaking at the Maharashtra Assembly.

    He further said that during the cultural program which took place on March 1, one of the women removed clothes by herself and there was no involvement of the police.

    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Shweta Mahale had raised the incident on Wednesday and alleged that the police officials were involved. She also claimed that a video of the incident was recorded.

    Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur has also taken note of the incident and said that anybody found guilty will not be spared.

    “I have not seen the video. But I assure you that nobody will be spared, strict action will be taken. The Home Minister has ordered a probe and I am personally looking into it too,” she said.

  • Nobody is bigger than law, not even a minister: Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmukh

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Nobody is bigger than the law and it will not discriminate against anyone in Maharashtra, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Friday, in comments coming in the backdrop of his cabinet colleague Dhananjay Munde facing rape allegations.

    Munde, the Social Justice Minister, has been accused of rape by a Mumbai-based woman.

    The 45-year-old NCP leader has denied the charges and termed them as a blackmail attempt.

    Nobody is bigger than the law, not even a minister.

    The law will not discriminate against anyone in Maharashtra.

    “Our police will probe the matter properly and take proper action against whoever is guilty. The legal process is on,” Deshmukh said.

    Deshmukh, an NCP leader, made the comments while replying to a question from journalists about reports of the womans claim that the police are not cooperating in connection with her complaint against Munde.

    Munde has claimed he is being blackmailed by the woman and her sister.

    He, however, has acknowledged that he was in a relationship with the complainant woman’s sister and has two children with her.