NAVI MUMBAI: In a dramatic turnaround, a 48-year-old woman, who last year accused BJP Airoli MLA Ganesh Naik of rape and threats, now says that she filed the cases at the behest of BJP Belapur MLA Manda Mhatre and Shiv Sena Navi Mumbai chief Vijay Chougule.
In April last year, the woman had claimed to be Naik’s live-in partner of 27 years and said that they had a 14-year-old child. In a case filed at Nerul police station, she alleged that Naik had sexually and mentally exploited her between 2010 and 2017. In another complaint at CBD-Belapur police station, she alleged that he had threatened to kill her and her son when she insisted that he accept the latter publicly and give him his rights. Naik was subsequently booked under IPC sections pertaining to rape, threat and cheating as well as under the Arms Act.
Three months later, the woman filed a petition in the CBD Belapur court, asking for Naik to undergo a DNA test to prove that he was the father of her son. She also sought various reliefs under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005....
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