Mumbai news: Case registered against Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray and 2 others. Details here

A case has been registered at NM Joshi Police Station against Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Aaditya Thackeray, Sunil Shinde, and Sachin Ahir for illegally inaugurating the Delisle Road Bridge in Lower Parel, the Mumbai Police said as reported by news agency ANI. The complaint was filed by the road department of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation.

The Delisle Road Bridge is a crucial link between Lower Parel, Worli, Prabhadevi, and Currey Road in the West and Byculla and other areas in the east. In 2018, on 24 July the bridge Delisle Road Bridge was shut IIT Bombay declared it unsafe.

As per the Mumbai police, the case has been registered under sections 143, 149, 326 and 447 of IPC.

The Mumbai Police further added that Aaditya Thackeray along with Sunil Shinde, Sachin Ahir, former Mayor Kishori Pednekar, Former Mayor Snehal Ambekar and 15-20 activists, went to the location and inaugurated the bridge.

The report also stated that Delisle Road Bridge was not fully ready for traffic and there was no permission from the Mumbai municipal corporation to open the bridge following which the BMC officer complained to the police, on the basis of which the police registered a case against Thackeray and other leaders.

Speaking on the FIR registered against Thackeray, Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "It has been registered against Aaditya Thackeray for doing something that the illegitimate and corrupt government should have done long ago. There is a bridge that has been long-pending and long-delayed in terms of construction. It has caused a lot of problems and inconvenience for the people of Mumbai. It has been ready for weeks, but they are not allowing people to move simply because they want a VIP to inaugurate it... He worked for the people, opened the ready bridge, and said traffic movement should be allowed here."

(With inputs from ANI)