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Quaid Najmi

4 January 2025 at 3:26:24 pm

YouTuber challenges FIR, LoC in HC

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court issued notice to the state government on a petition filed by UK-based medico and YouTuber, Dr. Sangram Patil, seeking to quash a Mumbai Police FIR and revoking a Look Out Circular in a criminal case lodged against him, on Thursday.   Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe, who heard the matter with preliminary submissions from both sides, sought a response from the state government and posted the matter for Feb. 4.   Maharashtra Advocate-General Milind Sathe informed the court...

YouTuber challenges FIR, LoC in HC

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court issued notice to the state government on a petition filed by UK-based medico and YouTuber, Dr. Sangram Patil, seeking to quash a Mumbai Police FIR and revoking a Look Out Circular in a criminal case lodged against him, on Thursday.   Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe, who heard the matter with preliminary submissions from both sides, sought a response from the state government and posted the matter for Feb. 4.   Maharashtra Advocate-General Milind Sathe informed the court that the state would file its reply within a week in the matter.   Indian-origin Dr. Patil, hailing from Jalgaon, is facing a criminal case here for posting allegedly objectionable content involving Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on social media.   After his posts on a FB page, ‘Shehar Vikas Aghadi’, a Mumbai BJP media cell functionary lodged a criminal complaint following which the NM Joshi Marg Police registered a FIR (Dec. 18, 2025) and subsequently issued a LoC against Dr. Patil, restricting his travels.   The complainant Nikhil Bhamre filed the complaint in December 2025, contending that Dr. Patil on Dec. 14 posted offensive content intended to spread ‘disinformation and falsehoods’ about the BJP and its leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.   Among others, the police invoked BNSS Sec. 353(2) that attracts a 3-year jail term for publishing or circulating statements or rumours through electronic media with intent to promote enmity or hatred between communities.   Based on the FIR, Dr. Patil was detained and questioned for 15 hours when he arrived with his wife from London at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (Jan. 10), and again prevented from returning to Manchester, UK on Jan. 19 in view of the ongoing investigations.   On Wednesday (Jan. 21) Dr. Patil recorded his statement before the Mumbai Police and now he has moved the high court. Besides seeking quashing of the FIR and the LoC, he has sought removal of his name from the database imposing restrictions on his international travels.   Through his Senior Advocate Sudeep Pasbola, the medico has sought interim relief in the form of a stay on further probe by Crime Branch-III and coercive action, restraint on filing any charge-sheet during the pendency of the petition and permission to go back to the UK.   Pasbola submitted to the court that Dr. Patil had voluntarily travelled from the UK to India and was unaware of the FIR when he landed here. Sathe argued that Patil had appeared in connection with other posts and was not fully cooperating with the investigators.

A virtual fight between Thackeray cousins in Shivadi

Mumbai: It is a virtual battle between the Thackeray cousins Uddhav and Raj in Shivadi as their respective parties Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena slug it out to win the seat where the Marathi Manoos still rules the roost. Sena’s Ajay Chaudhari and MNS’ Bala Nandgaonkar are fighting a pitched battle for this seat.


The Shivadi constituency which consist of the Parel-Lalbaug belt popularly known as Girangaon (village of Mills) is the area where Shiv Sena founder the late Bal Thackeray debuted his party in the Assembly in 1969.


Nandgaonkar is supported by the ruling Mahayuti. Chaudhari is known for his fierce loyalty towards Uddhav. It was in June, 2022 when Chaudhari replaced Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as group leader when the latter rebelled.


The issues faced by the residents include living in old dilapidated structures, parking issues, traffic congestion and unemployment among the local youths. It has seen large scale migration of Marathi Manoos to distant suburbs and old chalws replaced by huge skyscrapers.


Nandgaonkar is a veteran legislator for four terms and former state minister. He accused Chaudhari of neglecting the constituency and being a non-performer. Chaudhari on the other hand accuses Nandgaonkar of being invisible from the last one decade.


In the Lok Sabha polls, Mahayuti candidate Yamini Jadhav trailed by about 17,800 votes in this Assembly segment.

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