Overview

• Ramdas Kadam alleged Balasaheb Thackeray’s body was kept at Matoshree for two days in 2012 and that hand or fingerprint impressions were taken, citing a treating doctor he named as Dr Parker.
• Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders rejected the claims as baseless, with Sanjay Raut calling them an insult to Thackeray’s memory and Uddhav Thackeray labeling Kadam a traitor.
• UBT MLC Anil Parab said he will file a defamation case and donate any damages to flood-hit farmers, and he demanded a narco test for Kadam and a fresh inquiry into a 1993 case involving Kadam’s wife.
• Kadam stood by his remarks, challenged Uddhav Thackeray to undergo narco analysis alongside him, and said he would seek a CBI probe while threatening legal action over counter-allegations.
• Shinde-aligned leaders urged that Kadam’s account be taken seriously, with Sanjay Shirsat and others pressing for an investigation, while BJP’s Nitesh Rane and several ministers amplified unverified claims about events at Matoshree.