Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde Fined ₹300 For Repeated Court Absence In 2016 School Teacher Assault Case
Mumbai: A court here has imposed a cost of Rs 300 on Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde for repeatedly failing to appear before it in a seven-year-old case pertaining to assault on two school teachers. The incident had taken place on July 29, 2016, at a municipal Urdu-medium school in Vakola area. Also Watch: The court has framed charges against the BJP corporator and other accused, and the trial is about…
Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde has been fined ₹300 by a court for her repeated absence from hearings in a case from 2016 involving assault on two school teachers. The incident occurred at a municipal Urdu-medium school in Vakola area on July 29, 2016. The court, presided over by Additional Sessions Judge G G Bhansali, noted that Tawde had been granted exemption at the previous hearing as her last chance.
Tawde's lawyer had applied for exemption again, but the court imposed the fine, stating it should be paid before the next date of hearing on October 7. The prosecution alleges that Tawde and six others entered the school, exchanged heated words with the management over a teacher's transfer, and then assaulted two school teachers.
An FIR was registered on August 11, 2016. Tawde claims her presence at the school was coincidental and unrelated to the alleged mob incident.
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