Overview

• Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Parab said he will file a defamation case against Ramdas Kadam and pledged to donate any award to flood-hit farmers.
• Ramdas Kadam alleged Bal Thackeray’s body was kept at Matoshree for two days after his death and that fingerprints were taken for use on a will, citing a treating doctor and offering to undergo a narco test.
• Sanjay Raut denounced the statements as baseless and insulting to Bal Thackeray’s memory, calling the remarks a betrayal of the late leader.
• Leaders in the Eknath Shinde camp urged that Kadam’s account be taken seriously, with minister Sanjay Shirsat claiming there was “substance” to it and referencing funeral preparations before the formal death announcement.
• No official investigation has been announced, and the dispute has reopened past questions about the will that Bal Thackeray’s son Jaidev once challenged and later withdrew.