Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 22 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Narayan Rane said on Saturday that the failure to deliver justice to Disha Salian's father is the reason he moved to the Bombay High Court, seeking a fresh probe into her daughter's death.
The Bombay High Court has listed the writ petition filed in the case of Disha Salian's death by her father and will hear the case on April 2.
Addressing mediapersons in a press conference, Rane said, "Disha Salian's father had to go to the High Court because he has not received justice until now. Her father felt he would not receive justice from the police, so he went to the High Court."
Rane further claimed that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, who was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra at the time of Disha Salian's death in 2020, had called him and asked him not to mention his son Aditya's involvement in the case in front of the press.
"Uddhav Thackeray's PA, who is now probably an MLA, called me. I was also going home at that time, and he (PA) said that Uddhav Thackeray wanted to talk to me... He (PA) asked, 'Will you talk?' I asked where he was (Uddhav Thackeray) and to give him the phone. As soon as he (Uddhav Thackeray) received the phone, I said, 'Jai Maharashtra.' He (Uddhav Thackeray) asked me if I still say 'Jai Maharashtra,' so I replied that I would keep saying 'Jai Maharashtra' till I die. 'Jai Maharashtra' is not Matoshri's property. It is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's property," he said.
"After that, he (Uddhav Thackeray) asked me not to take his son's (Aditya Thackeray) name in the press. I said I have not taken anyone's name. I said (in the press) that a minister is involved. He (Aditya Thackeray) was a minister when the incidents of Sushant Singh and Disha Salian happened. Everyone knew about this, and there was evidence too," the former Maharashtra Chief Minister added.
This comes after a writ petition was filed by Disha Salian's father, Satish Salian, who is demanding a fresh probe into his daughter's death, interrogation of UBT-Shiv Sena's Aditya Thackeray, and the transfer of the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Disha Salian was the former manager of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. She was found dead on June 8, 2020, days before Sushant was found hanging in his flat in suburban Bandra, Mumbai.
A copy of the writ petition has also been served on Sameer Wankhede, the NCB director at that time, by the advocate representing Satish Salian.
In 2023, the Mumbai Police formed a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe Disha Salian's death. The Mumbai Police registered an accidental death case in the matter.
Earlier, Aditya Thackeray, accused others of trying to defame him for the past five years.
Thackeray emphasized that since the matter is already in court, he would reserve his comments for the legal proceedings. "A lot of people have tried to defame me for the last five years. If the matter is in court, then we will speak in court," he told the media.