Aaditya Thackeray rejects Rs 500 cr defamation notice, stands by posts

Mumbai, Sep 24 (UNI) Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray has rejected the Rs 500 crore defamation notice served by Satish Salian, father of late Disha Salian, and refused to withdraw his social media posts, apologise or pay the demanded compensation. In his 25-page legal reply, sent through Supreme Court advocate Anshuman Sinha, Thackeray denied the allegations and described the notice as legally untenable. He maintained that his September 16 posts in English and Marathi did not name or identify Satish Salian. His legal team argued that the posts were directed at what Thackeray described as a continuing political and…