Mumbai, April 30 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government to file a reply to a petition filed by father of late celebrity manager Disha Salian accusing Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray and a former city police commissioner, among others, of being involved in the death of his daughter.

He has also sought a fresh probe into mysterious circumstances under which she was found dead in June 2020. Salian was the manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Division bench of Justices S V Kotwal and S M Modak gave direction in response to Salian's petition, urging the High Court to order registration of an FIR (first information report) against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and transfer the probe to...