MUMBAI: A case used to be filed in opposition to the Congress' Mumbai South Lok Sabha candidate Milind Deora at Lokmanya Tilak Marg police station here at the direction of the Election Commission for violation of the fashion code of behavior, an legitimate said on Sunday.
Deora, while campaigning in Zaveri Bazar area on April 4, had made an enchantment to the Jain group now not tovote for the Shiv Sena because it had hurt their spiritual sentiments previous.
Following the remarks, Sena supporters had filed a grievance with the Election Commission on April eight.
Deora is pitted in opposition to Sena's sitting MP Arvind Sawant for the seat.
"We registered an offence on Saturday against Deora under section 125 of the Representation of the People Act and section 171 of the Indian Penal Code," Dnyaneshwar Chavan, Zone II deputy commissioner of police said on Sunday.
Deora, while campaigning in Zaveri Bazar area on April 4, had made an enchantment to the Jain group now not tovote for the Shiv Sena because it had hurt their spiritual sentiments previous.
Following the remarks, Sena supporters had filed a grievance with the Election Commission on April eight.
Deora is pitted in opposition to Sena's sitting MP Arvind Sawant for the seat.
"We registered an offence on Saturday against Deora under section 125 of the Representation of the People Act and section 171 of the Indian Penal Code," Dnyaneshwar Chavan, Zone II deputy commissioner of police said on Sunday.
Police case against Deora for poll code violation
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April 21, 2019
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