The Maharashtra police on Wednesday detained Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Advay Hiray, considered a trusted aide of Mr. Thackeray, from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly defrauding the Nashik District Central Cooperative Bank.
Mr. Hiray, a key leader of the Thackeray group in Nashik, had been booked along with 28 other persons under Section 420 (cheating) and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in April this year for defaulting on a loan exceeding ₹30 crore taken from the bank.
The Sena (UBT) leader had moved the Bombay High Court seeking bail, which in turn had rejected the plea. Mr. Hiray had been reportedly absconding until a team of the Nashik Rural Police finally detained him in Bhopal.
