Raj Thackeray Acquitted in 2008 Case of Alleged Assault on Railway Recruitment Board Examinees
मुख्य बातें
- •Raj Thackeray and five others acquitted in 2008 case of alleged assault on Railway Recruitment Board examinees at Kalyan station
- •Prosecution fails to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt due to lack of key evidence
- •CD containing Thackeray's alleged speech never produced or proved in court, and left gathering dust in police station for 13 years
- •Injuries sustained by witnesses could have resulted from stampede triggered by chaos in large crowd, and not necessarily from alleged assault
- •Court rules that charges of gathering unlawful assembly, beating up outstation candidates, and obstructing government work not proved "beyond a shadow of doubt"
A Thane court has acquitted Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and five others in a 14-year-old case of alleged assault on Railway Recruitment Board examinees at Kalyan station. The court observed that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, and the key evidence, a CD containing Thackeray's alleged speech, was never produced or proved in court. The CD, which was supposed to be a crucial piece of evidence, was left gathering dust in the police station from 2013 to 2026, rendering it devoid of any evidentiary value.
