The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written a letter to the Mumbai Police on Monday asking it to register an FIR against Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray for using children during the recent 'Save Aarey' protest.
In a letter to Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar, the Commission registrar, Anu Chaudhary, has requested to register an FIR against the former Environment Minister of the State and to submit a copy of the FIR as well as statement of children within three days of receiving the letter.
The letter read, “A complaint was received from Dhrutiman Joshi, legal head, Sahyadri Rights Forum citing Twitter links alleging that Mr. Thackeray, president of Yuva Sena and president of Mumbai district football association, used children in the protest/political campaigns in so called “Save Aarey Protest” campaign. Through the said twitter link, the children are seen as part of the protest holding placards.”
