Discord among Mahayuti allies over Disha case

A day after the special investigation team (SIT) probing the death of celebrity manager Disha Salian in 2020 told the Bombay high court that it did not find any truth in allegations about Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray's involvement in analleged conspiracy to kill her, several leaders from the ruling Mahayuti coalition on Thursday demanded a reinvesti-gation in the case.

- HT Correspondent

But the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), also part of the Mahayuti, struck a discordant note, saying Thackeray should not be hounded if he was found not guilty.

Disha Salian was believed to have fallen to her death from a high-rise building in Malad on June 8, 2020. But her father Sat-ish Salian later approached the high court, alleging she was gan-graped and murdered, and an elaborate plan was hatched by the police, political figures, and other influential individuals including Thackeray to hush up the case.