India, Feb. 22 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday offered an apology to Maharashtra school education minister and BJP MLA Dada Bhuse, who, in return withdrew a defamation case filed against Raut over allegations of a Rs.178-crore fraud linked to the Girna Cooperative Sugar Factory.

The defamation case stemmed from an article published in Shiv Sena (UBT)'s mouthpiece Saamana in June 2023, in which Raut alleged that Bhuse was involved in misappropriation of Rs.178 crore in connection with the Girna Cooperative Sugar Factory in Malegaon. Bhuse, who represents the Malegaon outer assembly constituency and is a senior leader of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, had denied the charge and moved the court.

However, when the duo appeare...