Two held for threatening SP MLA Abu Azmi over his opposition to rename Aurangabad, Osmanabad

Mumbai: Mumbai Police have arrested two hawkers – one each from Nashik and Pune districts – for allegedly making threatening calls to Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi for opposing the Maharashtra government’s move to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts, an official said on Thursday.
The first arrest in the case was made from Niphad in Nashik district on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Bhausaheb Sonawane (40), had made a call to Azmi and it was received by his personal assistant Kamal Hussain, he said.
In Pune, hawker Tanaji Yevate was nabbed from Haveli taluka on Thursday in this connection, the official said.
“Both the accused were upset after Azmi opposed the state government’s decision to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad as Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv respectively. Both of them have been arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 506 (2) (criminal intimidation), and they will remain in police custody till Friday,” he added.
Azmi’s PA had approached the police claiming that he had received the threatening phone calls over the legislator’s opposition to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad. The callers had threatened to kill Azmi for his stand on the issue, an official had said on Monday.
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