Law and order situation in Maharashtra is "bad": Congress leader Nana Patole slams state govt
Oct 20, 2023
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], October 20 : Congress leader Nana Patole on Friday slammed the Maharashtra government over the "bad" law and order situation in the state saying that the government is busy distracting people by telling lies.
"In the matter of drugs Congress don't indulge in poilitics. The drugs should be eliminated from Maharashtra. If the state government needs help from Congress we are with them.
The law and order situation is bad in Maharashtra," Nana Patole said.
Citing the looting incident in Nagpur, the Congress leader said that they (the state government) should not distract people by telling lies and they should give an answer.
"A bus was looted in broad daylight in Nagpur...They (the state government) should not distract people by telling lies... They should give an answer...BJP should apologize to the public," he added.
Earlier on Thursday, Pune Police arrested two women from Nashik in connection with the Lalit Patil drug mafia case and produced them before the Pune Sessions Court which sent them to police custody till October 23. Police detained both the female accused on Wednesday evening and presented them before the court on Thursday.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accused the Uddhav Thackeray government of helping drug kingpin Lalit Patil who was arrested on Tuesday after his escape on October 2 from Pune's Sassoon General Hospital.
Fadnavis alleged that when Uddhav Thackeray's government was in power the public prosecutor did not oppose Lalit Patil's stay in hospital. He also said that Lalit Patil was made Nashik District Chief of Shiv Sena by Uddhav Thackeray.
Lalit Patil was behind the multi-crore mephedrone racket that was busted by the Pimpri-Chinchwad police in 2020. He was arrested from Chennai on Tuesday night.
As per defence lawyer Tejas Punekar, Pune Police informed the court that the two arrested accused identified as Archana Nikam and Pragya Kamble, were close associates of the main accused Lalit Patil. When Lalit Patil absconded from Sassoon Hospital, Archana gave financial help to Lalit Patil with Rs 25 lakh and the duo helped Patil to hide.
Hence there is no need for custodial interrogation, the court heard the arguments of both the parties and sent both the accused to police remand till 23rd October.
