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Aaditya Thackeray rejects Rs 500 crore defamation notice, calls it frivolous
Aaditya Thackeray rejects Rs 500 crore defamation notice, calls it frivolous
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has refused to apologise to Satish Salian, father of late celebrity manager Disha Salian, who sent him a Rs 500 crore defamation notice last week. In…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has refused to apologise to Satish Salian, father of late celebrity manager Disha Salian, who sent him a Rs 500 crore defamation notice last week. In a reply sent through advocate Anshuman Sinha on Wednesday, Thackeray dismissed the allegations as "frivolous" and stood by his earlier statement that he had never met or known Disha Salian.
The notice, sent on September 17, alleged that Thackeray defamed Satish Salian in two social media posts. Thackeray's reply said his posts addressed a "sustained campaign by political actors, vested interests and sections of the media" linking him to the case without evidence. The reply also pointed to inconsistencies in Satish Salian's statements since Disha's death in 2020 and called for an independent CBI probe.
Disha Salian, 28, died on June 8, 2020, after falling from a building in Mumbai. Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead a week later. The CBI recently registered an FIR in the case on the Bombay High Court's direction, with instructions not to name any accused.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both Hindustan Times and Times Now reported the reply largely verbatim, framing Thackeray's dismissal as firm and his allegation of political misuse as the core of his defence. Neither outlet highlighted the Rs 500 crore figure in the headline, nor pressed on the material inconsistencies Satish Salian's statements. The uniform straight reporting means the public back-and-forth remains centred on competing claims: Thackeray insists the case is weaponised against him, while the father insists on accountability. The next step is whether Satish Salian pursues legal action in court.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com (neutral report), timesnownews.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
