Cheating FIR filed over affidavits prepared in support of Uddhav-led faction

The Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against unidentified persons on charges of cheating and forgery after recovering more than 4500 affidavits being prepared in support of the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena faction an official said on SundayFormer Thane mayor Naresh Mhaske who is the spokesperson of the other Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in a video message claimed the Mumbai Police have found 4682 fake affidavits and registered a criminal case against unidentified persons based on a complaintHe thanked the police and criticised the Thackerayled faction over the alleged malpractice for the submission of affidavits before the Election Commission in the wake of a dispute with the Shinde faction over the partys poll symbolIt is my allegation that these false and fake affidavits of Shiv Sainiks had been prepared for filing before the Election Commission he saidMhaske claimed all this was happening under the guidance of MatoshreerdquoAlso read EC order on Sena name and symbol doesnt mean Thackeray faction weak NCPMatoshree is the private residence of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban BandraAccording to a police official the case was registered at Nirmal Nagar police station here on Saturday under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 cheating and 465 forgery after they recovered the affidavits from a notary wherein important details like Aadhaar cards of the Shiv Sena supporters were attachedThe FIR stated that the complainant had gone to a Bandra court and found two persons with heaps of affidavits with them affixing the notary seal and stamp on itThe police seized all the affidavits and registered the offence against unidentified persons it saidAccording to an official from the Nirmal Nagar police station a person getting an affidavit prepared needs to remain physically present before the notary In this case the people in whose names the affidavits were being prepared were not present there he saidThe police will call those people and verify whether they had got the affidavits prepared in support of the Thackeray faction and if they had any idea about the affidavits prepared in their names he saidThe police will also verify whether these supporters had nominated someone to prepare and notarise these affidavits on their behalf he said adding that a probe is on into the caseMeanwhile Mhaske demanded that an enquiry be conducted into the affidavits submitted so far by the Thackerayled faction to the Election CommissionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever