Woman withdraws molestation complaint against Dhananjay Munde

Mumbai, Jan 22: The Mumbai-based woman who had accused Maharashtra cabinet minister Dhananjay Munde of molestation has withdrawn her police complaint, an official said on Friday. A written complaint had been given to the Mumbai police, however, no FIR had been registered. With the woman withdrawing the case, the matter will be closed.

 

 

The woman told the investigating officer that she is taking back the complaint against Munde, but did not cite any reason, the police official said. "The woman has given us a written statement saying that she wanted to withdraw the complaint," said the officer. The complainant has been asked to submit a notarized affidavit in this regard.

 

Dhananjay Munde had refuted the allegations made by a 38-year-old woman who said he has been in a relationship with her since 2003. In a post on Facebook, the NCP leader claimed that the woman and her sister are trying to blackmail him and extort money from him.

 

He said that he had also given a complaint to the police in November 2020. After Munde accepted his relationship with the woman, Bharatiya Janata Party's women wing wrote to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and demanded his removal from the Cabinet.

 

A complaint against Dhananjay Munde was filed by a woman on January 11 at the Oshiwara police station in Andheri. She alleged that Munde has been assaulting her with an assurance of marriage and also promised to help her to get work as a singer in Bollywood.