India, March 20 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former minister Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday said there were efforts to malign him in connection with the June 2020 death of Disha Salian, the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and that he will respond to the allegations in court.

"Ruling parties do not have anything to say so they are resorting to this. For the past five years, they have been trying to defame us. Now it is in the court so we will respond (to the allegations) there,"

Thackeray told reporters after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sought the arrest of the accused in Disha Salian's death.

The target of the BJP's attack was Aaditya Thackeray, and came against the backdrop of Disha's father, Satish Salian, announc...