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Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) filed a police complaint against Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray at NM Joshi Marg police station in Mumbai. This action taken a day after Shiv Sena leader and MLA from Worli Aaditya Thackeray for allegedly inaugurating a part of a bridge without permission on Thursday.
This act was deemed illegal by the BMC as the bridge was still incomplete and not certified safe for use. Municipal commissioner and administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal confirmed that the civic body had filed a complaint against Thackeray for the unauthorised inauguration of the second carriageway of Delisle Bridge at Lower Parel on the night of November 16 (Thursday). The civic body expressed concerns over the potential risks to motorists using the bridge prematurely.
Police registered a case against Aaditya Thackeray under Sections 447, 149, 326 and 143 of IPC. These sections pertain to unlawful assembly, rioting, act endangering life or personal safety of others, and criminal trespass, respectively.
Municipal commissioner and administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal said, “Basically, what the MCGM feels is that the style of inaugurating incomplete bridges or incomplete structures which are not certified by the department and unfit for inauguration is an unhealthy practise. If some mishap occurs who will be held responsible? It is nothing personal against anybody but it is a clear message to people who do such illegal inaugurations.”
The Delisle Bridge, a crucial link between south Mumbai and Lower Parel, had been partially opened earlier in June, with another phase connecting Curry Road to Lower Parel opened in September. Thackeray had posted a photograph of himself walking on the second carriageway of Delisle bridge, a saffron flag in hand, saying, “We don’t want VIPs of khokhe sarkar (a pejorative reference to the Shinde government), people are hassled.”
