Case filed against UBT candidate Kedar Dighe; Liquor and money bags were allegedly found

A chargeable offence has been registered against Kedar Dighe, the candidate of the Thackeray group of Kopri Pachpakhadi Constituency in Kopri Police Station. According to the complaint, 26 packets filled with foreign liquor and money were found. But Dighe alleged that this case is false. 

Kedar Dighe, a UBT candidate contesting against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in the Kopri Pachpakhadi constituency, is facing allegations following a complaint filed by a woman office bearer from the Shinde group. The complaint, lodged at the Kopri police station, accuses Dighe and his associates—Sachin Gorivale, Pradeep Shendge, Ravindra Shinlkar, Prashant Jagdale, Datta Pagwale, Anita Prabhu, Pandurang Dalvi, and Brid—of attempting to influence voters.

According to the complaint, they were arrested around 2 a.m. on Wednesday near Ashtavinayak Chowk in Kopari. The complainant alleges that liquor and 26 packets, each containing INR 2,000, were found in Sachin Gorivale's vehicle as part of the alleged scheme. An indictable case has been registered against Dighe and his workers based on these claims.

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When Kedar Dighe was asked about this, he claimed that a false case was registered. Our vehicle was brought outside the police station to be checked by the Bharari team. He has claimed that nothing was found at that time, they have the footage of that reference. Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Party candidate Kedar Dighe has retorted that the authorities are scared and after I took my car to the police station by myself and nothing was found in the car, they are targeting me deliberately by taking my name in the crime.

In Kopri Pachpakhadi, those who have brought a deluge of money, those who are distributing sarees, are not being booked. But the video of checking my car is making rounds. In that video it is clear that nothing was found in the car. However, after the incident of last night deliberately, a case was registered. Kedar Dighe said that it is only an intention to defame me and no action is taken against those who bring in flood of money and distribute sarees, it is surprising.