Raut seeks action against rebel MP Sanjay Patil over 'threats'; Fadnavis says police will act
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday (June 25, 2026) wrote a letter to Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, seeking action against MP Sanjay
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday (June 25, 2026) wrote a letter to Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, seeking action against MP Sanjay Dina Patil, who recently joined the ruling Shiv Sena, over his alleged comment about "throwing bombs" at protesters. Amid a war of words between Mr. Raut and Mr. Patil, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday (June 25, 2026) said the police would take appropriate action against anyone issuing threats. Responding to the spat between the two leaders, Mr. Fadnavis said no one should be intimidated by threats and asserted that the state would not tolerate any such acts. Also Read | ‘Operation Tiger’ successful, declares Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde In the letter to the police commissioner, Raut said Patil's alleged remarks amounted to terrorism and criminal intent. He claimed that six MPs, who recently switched over from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena (UBT) to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, have become a subject of public outrage across the country. There is immense anger among the people of Maharashtra against this split, and people are staging protests at various places because they feel that voters have been grossly "betrayed". Protesting and holding elected representatives accountable are constitutional rights of citizens, the Rajya Sabha member said. However, the "rebel" MP from Mumbai North East, Sanjay Patil, has threatened the protesters with death, he claimed.
Raut alleged that Patil said if anyone protests against him, he will "throw bombs" at them, enter their homes and "kill them". The Sena (UBT) leader said an MP threatening to use bombs is deeply alarming. If these bombs have been manufactured or stored at his residence, an immediate search of his premises should be conducted. Assistance from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) should be sought for this purpose. If these bombs were obtained from any terrorist organisation or criminal network, then this becomes a grave issue of national security, he said. Notably, after joining the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Monday, Sanjay Patil told media persons that when his father Dina Patil (former Congress MLA) was attacked, they had killed five people, without providing details of the purported incident. He was apparently responding to Raut's call of "Operation Tudva" (bash up) after six of the nine Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MPs switched over to the rival Sena. The acrimonious exchange had turned nasty later when Raut used expletives against Patil. Raut claimed that Patil also stated not to mess with him and before protesting against him, people should take out a life insurance policy, adding that he will send them "either to the crematorium or to the hospital". While issuing this threat, Patil spoke about "killing" five people, he alleged in his letter to the police.
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