Aditya Thackeray, who once claimed he would respond in court, run away from facing the explosive evidence and sting operations submitted in the additional affidavit by Disha Salian’s father.
Mumbai | May 1, 2025 | Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray has not filed any reply nor made any court appearance in response to serious allegations raised against him in a writ petition concerning the death of talent manager Disha Salian, despite earlier assurances that he would respond through legal channels.
The matter is currently before the Bombay High Court, where Shri Satish Salian, father of the deceased, has alleged that his daughter was gangraped and murdered on June 8, 2020.
The petition, filed on March 22, 2025, also raises concerns about alleged procedural lapses and a misrepresentation of the incident as suicide.
Thackeray’s counsel, Senior Advocate Sudeep Pasbola, appeared during the first hearing on April 2, but no subsequent reply has been filed.
However, Thackeray was not represented during the next listed hearing on April 30 after new Evidence Filed by Petitioner.
On April 7, Shri Satish Salian filed a 166-page supplementary affidavit along with over 100 pages of annexures, which include forensic reports, call data records, sting operation transcripts, and other material described by the petitioner’s team as “critical digital evidence.”
Sources indicate that more than 10 pen drives containing additional content are in possession of the petitioner’s legal counsel and may be presented in further proceedings.
On 30th April after hearing Adv. Nilesh Ojha and Tanveer Nizam the Division Bench of High Court directed State SIT to file a detailed reply affidavit on the grounds raised by the petitioner.
The absence of any affidavit from Thackeray has led to political reactions across the spectrum, particularly on social media, where calls for transparency and accountability have intensified.
Earlier Public Statements by Thackeray stand Contradicted by Record.
Thackeray had previously told the media that he would respond to any allegations in Court and not through public discourse.
In this case many of his earlier public statements related to the case have drawn scrutiny:
In June 2020, Aditya Thackeray stated that he was at Dombivli hospital on the day of Disha Salian’s death due to his maternal grandfather’s passing. Records show the death occurred on June 14, not June 8.
In November 2022, he told the press that the CBI had closed the case and that said report of CBI is his reply to the allegations.
The CBI later clarified:
“No closure report has been filed. No individual has been given a clean chit.”
“The courts may view silence as a procedural right, but the public interprets it through the lens of accountability,”
As the matter continues in the Bombay High Court, pressure is mounting on all parties involved — including the investigating agencies — to ensure that due process is followed and that clarity emerges in a case that has remained under public glare for nearly five years.
Aditya Thackeray, who had publicly assured that he would respond in court, has gone silent after the submission of explosive new evidence — including sting operations — by Satish Salian. No reply filed, no appearance made, even as the Disha Salian murder case advances in the Bombay High Court.”
