Thane crime branch DCP to probe rape case against former MLA

MUMBAI: A DCP of Thane police's crime branch will probe the complaint of rape against former BJP MLA Narendra Mehta, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh said on Tuesday. The case was earlier being probed by the Palghar district police.
Deputy commissioner of police, Thane crime branch will probe the case now, Deshmukh told the Legislative Assembly here.
A corporator of the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation had alleged that she was raped by Mehta.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)