After excessive voltage drama at a Virar lodge in Palghar district of Maharashtra amid allegations of distributing money for votes, three FIRs had been filed towards BJP’s nationwide basic secretary Vinod Tawde, occasion candidate from Nalasopara Rajan Naik and greater than 200 others by the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar police on Tuesday.
In the meantime, refuting allegations, Tawde mentioned he was on the lodge for a gathering of BJP employees. “Right now we had a gathering of occasion employees about tomorrow’s voting. The opposite facet had a misunderstanding that I used to be right here to distribute cash. I request the Election Fee to conduct an unbiased inquiry,” he mentioned.
One of many FIRs towards Tawde and the others states that Rs 9.86 lakh money, 4 liquor bottles, 500 envelopes and BJP candidate Rajan Naik’s promotional materials had been seized from the three rooms of the lodge.
Law enforcement officials informed The Indian Specific that two FIRs have been filed on the Tulinj police station towards Tawde, Naik, occasion activists, workplace bearers and leaders, on a grievance by the members of the Flying Squad Crew (FST) and a police head constable.
Based on one of many FIRs (a replica of which is offered with The Indian Specific) lodged by FST member Raju Masale, appearing on inputs obtained, when two FST groups reached the fifth flooring of lodge Vivanta in Virar (East) round 12 midday, they discovered Tawde, Naik, and dozens of different BJP activists within the corridor.
The FST models went to test the lodge rooms on the 4th flooring and seized money value Rs 9 lakh, Rs 72,500 and Rs 14,000 from room numbers 405, 410, and 416, respectively. Moreover money, 500 envelopes, 4 bottles of liquor, and marketing campaign materials associated to Naik had been additionally discovered.
A police officer on situation of anonymity mentioned this means that the money was meant for influencing the voters in Nalasopara, the constituency from the place Naik is contesting the Maharashtra Meeting election.
“Regardless of the top of the interval meant for campaigning and promotion, the accused individuals gathered on the lodge for a gathering and gave money and liquor to voters, thus breached the mannequin code of conduct,” Masale mentioned within the FIR.
The second FIR was filed suo-moto by the police underneath Part 163 of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), for violating the police commissioner’s order and Part 126 of the Illustration of the Individuals Act for breaching the legislation of visiting different constituencies within the 48-hour interval earlier than the election.
The third FIR was filed towards Tawde and the others for conducting a press convention amid the silence interval forward of the Maharashtra Meeting polls. The press convention was stopped halfway by the EC officers.
