NCP MLA Dilip Wagh and his personal assistant Mahesh Mali, arrested on charges of rape, were today remanded in police custody till 3rd of March by a local court in Nashik. Wagh and Mali alias Bunty were produced before the magistrate's court this afternoon amid tight security and judge A S Nalge sent them to police custody. While Wagh, representing Pachora in neighbouring Jalgaon district, was arrested yesterday from Mumbai, Mali was held by Nashik Police in the city today. A 20-year-old girl from Pathardi, Ahmednagar district, had alleged that Wagh and Mali called her to Nashik, promising to give her a job, and raped her on February 21 at the government guest house. She lodged the FIR on February 25, following which, the NCP suspended Wagh.
News On AIR | February 27, 2011 6:01 PM
NCP MLA sent to police custody till March 3