Thane city police on late Wednesday night registered a First Information Report (FIR) for defamation against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut for his claim that there was a threat to his life from Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde.
A case was registered under IPC sections 153 (A) (promoting disharmony between different groups, religions, etc), Â 500 (defamation) and other relevant sections at Kapurbawdi police station, said an official.
The FIR was based on a complaint filed by former mayor Meenakshi Shinde, he said.Â
"Lok Sabha member Shrikant Shinde has given a 'supari' (contract) to kill me to a Thane-based criminal Raja Thakur," Raut had said in a letter to the Mumbai police commissioner.
