Former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar has been given a two-day reprieve by the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police, assuring the court that they will not arrest her. Pednekar is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation during the pandemic. She claims to have been falsely implicated and argues that the complaint against her has political motives. The court will hear the matter again on Wednesday. | Mumbai news
After mid-day’s report on Wednesday revealing bias in the provision for funds by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to electoral wards dominated by the BJP, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has threatened to go to court over it