Entertainment » OtherPosted at: Oct 21 2016 9:16PM 'Why Riyaz Bhatti was not booked under stringent act?': MallikMumbai, Oct 21 (UNI) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra today sought to know as to why the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government did not book Riyaz Bhatti under a stringent act, despite having several serious cases registered against him?Bhatti was arrested in October last year at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) team, while he was on way to Johannesburg in South Africa to attend an alleged party of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, on a fake passport in the name of Phulaji Bhatti.Talking to mediapersons here, NCP Spokesperson Nawab Mallik said, ''BJP is diverting the issue by saying a defamation case would be filed against him (Mallik) for allegedly maligning the image of BJP's city unit president Ashish Shelar.''Please log in to get detailed story.Tags: #'Why Riyaz Bhatti was not booked under stringent act?': Mallik