THANE: Hours after NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad was booked for allegedly molesting a female social activist in his constituency of Kalwa and Mumbra, party colleague and leader Jayant Patil, accused the Thane police for failing to abide by the norms while slapping the case and also chided the state government for playing vendetta politics.
Patil was addressing the media along with Awhad at the latter’s residence in Thane after the former cabinet minister who was disturbed by the molestation case against him announced his decision to resign as MLA.