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Attempted murder case against former MLA Harshvardhan Jadhav
PUNE: A case of attempt to murder was registered against Harshvardhan Jadhav, former legislator from Maharashtra, and another person for assaulting an elderly couple
PUNE: A case of attempt to murder was registered against Harshvardhan Jadhav, former legislator from Maharashtra, and another person for assaulting an elderly couple on Monday morning. The other accused is a woman identified as Isha Jha, who was in the car with Jadhav.
A complaint was lodged by the elderly couple’s son, Aman Chaddha of Bopodi.
“The elderly couple was going on a two-wheeler. When they were riding near Jadhav’s car, he opened the door suddenly and the couple fell. They got into a verbal spat and Jadhav and the co-accused beat up the couple. The man is in the hospital undergoing treatment,” said Pankaj Deshmukh, deputy commissioner of police, Zone 4, Pune.
Jadhav, who was at the driver’s seat, was arrested while the woman is yet to be apprehended.
The incident happened near the Bank of Maharashtra located on the road that connects Sangvi nagar to Breman Chowk area.
The man was identified as Ajay Chaddha (in 50s) while his wife was identified as Mamata Chaddha (48).
Jadhav has served as a legislator from Kannad in Aurangabad and, in May, had released a video declaring his resignation from active politics after being influenced by spiritual reading. He is married to Sanjana Jadhav, the daughter of central cabinet minister Raosaheb Danve. He was a part of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) when he made the announcement.
He has served in other political parties, including Shiv Sena.
