I had told police not to oppose Balasaheb’s bail plea: NCP neta

http://cuepweblb.timesofindia.com/newsgate/searchpreview?cmd=preview&mimetype=image&encodedtitle=bhujbal&sourcepath=TOI%2fCITY%2fnasik%2f14_Nas_TP_Chhagan.Bhujbal.press.conference&autref=L8JRK943&origin=NewsGate&ref=GL8JRK943.3&pref=&sfref=B6111208566Z.1&eref=&summary=&displayterminfo=false&pagesize=14 Nashik: NCP veteran Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday responded to former ATS chief KP Raghuvanshi's claim in his autobiography that Bhujbal, as home minister, was keen to arrest Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray, saying Raghuvanshi should first clarify who forwarded the file recommending Thackeray's arrest."Raghuvanshi should first clarify who sent me the file recommending Thackeray's arrest. It was the then commissioner of police who moved the file. We had assured the implementation of Justice BN Srikrishna Commission's report, so returning the file was not an option. I, however, immediately instructed the then police commissioner to ensure police did not oppose Thackeray's bail plea in court and to be prepared to designate ‘Matoshree' as a temporary jail to keep him there," the minister said when questioned about former ATS chief Raghuvanshi's claim in his autobiography that, as home minister, Bhujbal was eager to arrest the Shiv Sena founder. The Srikrishna Commission was set up in 1993 to probe the March 12, 1993, serial bomb blasts. It was disbanded by then Shiv Sena-BJP govt in 1996 but later reconstituted, with its final report submitted in 1998."It came to me from (then) Sena-BJP govt and we had to act since we had promised it," Bhujbal added.Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Holi wishes, messages and quotes !