India, Nov. 14 -- In a setback for Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) Pune city chief Ravindra Dhangekar, a sessions court has restrained him from making any further statements against businessman Sameer Patil who is known to be close to Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil.

Recently, Dhangekar launched a series of attacks on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Pune. Dhangekar alleged that Sameer Patil, who works in Chandrakant Patil's office, is in touch with criminal Nilesh Ghaywal and that Ghaywal has direct links with Chandrakant Patil through Sameer Patil.

Following these allegations, Sameer Patil served a Rs.50 crore defamation notice to Dhangekar on October 14 and subsequently filed both civil and criminal defamation cases in the Pu...