Ex-Sena UBT corporator’s murder: Kin say probe ‘not in right direction’, to move HC

In a press conference held at Shiv Sena Bhavan Mumbai, Abhishek’s wife Tejaswee alleged that she could have also been killed by Noronha as he had told Abhishek to bring her to his office on February 8 for a saree distribution function.

“Noronha had asked Abhishek to also bring me to the function where he was invited. Abhishek had also told me to come with him. But since I was getting late, he asked me to go to another function. This means the accused must have conspired to kill me as well…”

Tejaswee further alleged that the family members are not being given information about the progress of the investigation.

She claimed that the family had on March 4 requested to the Commissioner of Police to add Section 120 B and Section 34 of IPC in the FIR but it has not been accepted. “The investigation is not going in the right direction. The information gathered by us regarding the investigation was submitted to the investigating agency and the Commissioner of Police on February 28 along with the CCTV footage.  At the time of the murder, there was a demand for an in-depth investigation into the activities of Amarendra Mishra (bodyguard of Noronha), and unknown persons at the said place. But the police does not seem to have done a thorough investigation in this regard so far,” Tejaswee said.

“In view of all this, I am going to file a writ petition in the High Court through my lawyer Bhushan Mahadik requesting to transfer the investigation to another agency,” she added.
Abhishek’s father former Sena MLA Vinod Ghosalkar said that even 40 days after the incident, the probe was going “directionless” and in a “slow pace”.

“After this murder, the statements made by Home Minister (Devendra Fadnavis), Ministers Uday Samant and Chhagan Bhujbal are irresponsible and divert from the original issue and create confusion among the people. In the legislative council, the statement made by the Home Minister was political, heart-wrenching and painful. This has also changed the direction of investigation,” Vinod Ghosalkar said.

Ghosalkar alleged that the accused had connections with high-ranking political leaders and had ambitions to enter in politics and took advantage of it to plot removal our family from politics.“If the chargesheet is not filed within 90 days, it will benefit the accused. We will appeal to the HC. I am appealing to the people who made statements to provide the police with concrete evidence so that it will be easier for the investigating agency,” Ghosalkar said.