The Bombay High Court has asked<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mumbai police to ascertain if protection should be given to a former Army man who was allegedly threatened by a local Shiv Sena corporator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Abhay Ahuja passed the direction on December 29 while hearing a petition filed by former army personnel Sujit Apte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The petition alleged that Amey Ghole, a city corporator, his supporters and local goons threatened him and “tried to beat” him over the demolition of an illegally constructed temple outside Apte’s property in suburban Wadala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He applied to R A K Marg police station seeking protection but there was no response, the plea alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court directed additional public prosecutor J P Yagnik to ask the police to ascertain if police protection was necessary for the petitioner and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apte also sought a direction to the police to register an FIR against Ghole and two others for criminal intimidation and assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apte is the custodian of his brother Sameer Apte’s property — a plot of land — in Wadala, the petition said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plot is close to a slum and an illegal temple was built on a footpath outside it which was demolished by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last month, several men who used to indulge in illegal activities outside the temple started gathering inside the property, the petition said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apte then called the police and filed a complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On December 13, Ghole and a few others entered the property and threatened him over the demolition of the temple, the petition alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hearing has been adjourned till January 13.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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