Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Milind Vaidya, associates booked for holding victory rally without permission in Mahim

Newly elected Shiv Sena UBT corporator Milind Vaidya and his associates have been booked for allegedly organising an unauthorised victory procession in the Mahim area of central Mumbai a police official said on Monday reported news agency PTIVaidya was elected from ward number 182 in the January 15 elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal CorporationThe official said prohibitory orders were in force in the area till midnight of January 26 due to which Mahim police had denied permission for Vaidyarsquos victory rally scheduled on January 18 His associates subsequently reapplied for permission on January 22 and January 24 but both requests were turned down he said reported PTIDespite the denial Vaidya and his supporters allegedly took out a victory procession in the Mahim area between 530 pm and 8 pm on January 24 During the rally firecrackers were burst and loudspeakers were used the official added reported PTITaking cognisance of the unauthorised procession Mahim police registered a case against Vaidya Vinay Akre Avirat Shinde Santosh Surve Deepak Sawant and more than 40 others on charges of unlawful assembly and violation of the police commissionerrsquos prohibitory orders the official saidShiv Sena UBT officebearer named in police case over posters on missing Kalyan corporator has died PartyMeanwhile a Shiv Sena UBT officebearer who had put up posters seeking information about a missing party corporator in the KalyanDombivli Municipal Corporation KDMC in Thane district died on Monday local leaders of the outfit claimed reported PTIRamesh Tike a Shiv Sena UBT subdivision head died allegedly of a heart attack Shiv Sena UBT district chief Sharad Patil said reported PTIWhen contacted Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Kalyan Ghette said police have not received any information regarding Tikes deathHowever he said police have initiated an inquiry following an application submitted by the Shiv Sena UBT seeking registration of a murder caseThe controversy centres around newlyelected KDMC corporator Madhur Matre who hogged the limelight after posters appeared in Kalyan Easts Kolsewadi area stating that he could not be traced and urging citizens to contact the local Shiv Sena UBT branch if he was seen reported PTITike was among those involved in putting up the posters about Madhur Matre reported PTIFollowing the display of the posters Madhur Matres father Umesh Baliram Matre lodged a complaint at the Kolshewadi police station alleging defamation and claiming his son was not missing but had gone on a pilgrimage and was in touch with family members reported PTIActing on the complaint police registered a case against Shiv Sena UBT officebearer Neeraj Dubey and two others including Tike and began an investigation reported PTIThe party has claimed Tike was under severe mental stress due to repeated police summons issued to him following the complaintShiv Sena UBT district chief Patil local youth wing president Neeraj Dubey and other leaders have demanded that a murder case be registered against Umesh Matre and the police administration and warned of an agitation over the issue reported PTIACP Ghette clarified that the defamation case based on Umesh Matres complaint was under investigationWith inputs from PTI