Satara (Maharashtra) July 25 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party MP Udayan Raje Bhosale was arrested here on Tuesday in connection with an allegation of assault and extortion levelled by a businessman.
Bhosale a direct descendent of the warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji appeared before the police after his anticipatory bail plea was dismissed by the Bombay High Court last week and by a Sessions Court in April.
Bhosale is among a dozen accused in the assault and extortion complaint lodged in March this year with Satara police by businessman Rajivkumar Jain the owner of a company in which Bhosale controls a workers union.
Following Bhosale s arrest a tense situation prevailed in Satara and large part of the city and outskirts observed a spontaneous shutdown.
Elected from Satara Lok Sabha constituency 51-year-old Bhosale is the 13th direct descendent of Chhatrapati Shivaji and claimant to the title of Chhatrapati .
Meanwhile his vociferous supporters have warned that the government would have to bear the consequences of his arrest and sought Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis intervention.
--IANS
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