{
  "id": 8039246,
  "title": "Disha Salian Death Case: Shiv Sena-UBT Chief Uddhav Thackeray Threatens Legal Action, Calls Allegations Against Family 'Pointless'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/disha-salian-death-case-shiv-sena-ubt-chief-uddhav-thackeray",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T13:46:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/disha-salian-death-case-shiv-sena-ubt-chief-uddhav-thackeray-threatens-legal-action-calls-allegations-against-family-pointless"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Uddhav Thackeray, head of the Shiv Sena-UBT party, has threatened legal action if the character assassination campaign targeting his family in relation to the 2020 Disha Salian death case continues. This comes after a Bombay High Court ordered a CBI probe into the case in response to Salian's father filing a petition. The Central agency subsequently registered a case without naming any accused. Thackeray stated that his family has no connection to the case and that Aaditya Thackeray, his son and MLA, has also confirmed this. Thackeray questioned why the names of Modi and Trump are not absent in the case and suggested that the allegations are politically motivated. He reiterated that his family was quiet during the investigation because an SIT was probing the case.",
  "summary": "Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said he would take legal action if the \"character assassination\" campaign targeting his family over the 2020 Disha Salian death case did not stop. The former Maharashtra Chief Minister spoke on the issue days after the Bombay High Court ordered a CBI probe into Salian's death in response to her father's petition.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}