Mumbai, March 3 -- A day after the Maharashtra Lokayukta dismissed complaints against former Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde, the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) leader appealed to his supporters not to insult or attack anyone on social media for the relief granted to him. His statement came amid reports that social activist Anjali Damania, who had filed the complaint, was being trolled and abused online.
State Lokayukta Justice V. M. Kanade rejected the complaints filed by Damania, observing that the allegations levelled against Munde had already been examined in writ petitions and public interest litigations disposed of by the Bombay High Court. The Lokayukta clarified that the High Court's conclusions are binding an...