Amid the political crisis in Maharashtra over the symbol and name of the Shiv Sena party, the Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against unidentified on charges of cheating and forgery after recovering more than 4,500 affidavits being prepared in support of the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction.
The Nirmal Nagar police in Mumbai registered an FIR after discovering 4,682 affidavits written in favour of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena. The affidavits were found in a shop outside the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate's court.
Based on the complaint of Sanjay Kadam, a retired Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) officer, Nirmal Nagar police registered an FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a case of cheating and forgery against unknown persons.
Former Thane mayor Naresh Mhaske, who is the spokesperson of the other Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, in a video message claimed the allegations against Uddhav Thacekray faction.
A case has been registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (cheating) and 465 (forgery) after they recovered the affidavits from a notary wherein important details like Aadhaar cards of the Shiv Sena supporters were attached.
The complainant had gone to a Bandra court and found two persons with heaps of affidavits with them affixing the notary seal and stamp on it, the FIR stated.
The police seized all the affidavits and registered the offence against unidentified persons.
Meanwhile, an official from the Nirmal Nagar police station mentioned that a person getting an affidavit prepared needs to remain physically present before the notary. In this case, the people in whose names the affidavits were being prepared were not present there.
The police will call those people and verify whether they had got the affidavits prepared in support of the Thackeray faction, and if they had any idea about the affidavits prepared in their names, he said.
The police will also verify whether these supporters had nominated someone to prepare and notarise these affidavits on their behalf.
The case has been handed over to the crime branch. Further investigations are underway.
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