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Aaditya Thackeray Denies Involvement in Disha Salian Death Investigation

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray has vehemently rejected allegations linking him to the 2020 death of celebrity manager Disha Salian, following a newly registered Central Bureau of Investigation FIR. He denounced the legal proceedings as a politically motivated character assassination campaign.

Times of IndiaSeptember 16, 20261 min read
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Aaditya Thackeray Denies Involvement in Disha Salian Death Investigation
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The federal reinvestigation will maintain intense media pressure on regional opposition figures, neutralizing their narrative momentum ahead of municipal elections.

The controversy erupted anew after a court-ordered federal probe prompted investigators to re-examine the tragic circumstances surrounding the fall of Disha Salian from a high-rise building days before the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Mr. Thackeray broke his silence to categorically deny ever meeting the deceased, characterizing the renewed scrutiny as an orchestrated effort by political adversaries to malign his reputation. The emergence of conflicting witness statements, including police logs mentioning an unidentified woman accompanying the victim to the hospital, has injected fresh volatility into an already polarized political . This judicial development reflects the deep entanglement of celebrity culture, police investigations, and partisan warfare in Maharashtra politics. Opposition factions have long utilized high-profile mysterious deaths to pressure rival political dynasties, transforming police dossiers into instruments of public trial. The Central Bureau of Investigation now finds itself navigating a minefield of political pressure and evidentiary gaps, where public perception often supersedes forensic reality. The immediate casualty of the reopened inquiry is the political composure of the opposition alliance in Mumbai, which must now expend considerable capital defending its leadership against persistent insinuations. As the investigative net widens to include previously unrecorded witness testimonies, the case threatens to remain a permanent fixture of state political theater. Over the coming months, the legal handling of the FIR will test the operational independence of federal investigative agencies against high-ranking political actors.

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