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Mumbai:<\/strong> The Thane Police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the charges against a top Maharashtra bureaucrat\u2019s son who is accused of mowing down his girlfriend, a top official said here on Sunday.<\/p>\n Thane Police Commissiopner Jai Jeet Singh said that the SIT, headed by DCP (V) Amar Singh Jadhav will probe the matter where a woman complainant Priya Ume dra Singh has accused Ashwajit Anil Gaikwad and others.<\/p>\n \u201cThe SIT is looking into all the angles of the case. Statements of witnesses are being recorded and forensic evidences are being collected. Further sections of the law will be added and accused implicated as and if further facts are disclosed during the course of investigation,\u201d said the Police Commissioner Singh.<\/p>\n The development came a day after Maharashtra Congress slammed the state government and police for failing to arrest Ashwajit, a senior bureaucrat\u2019s son, who allegedly made an attempt to run over his girlfriend Singh under a SUV in Thane on December 11.<\/p>\n Congress Chief Spokesperson Atul Londhe said although a FIR has been registered on the victim\u2019s complaint, the Thane Police have yet to arrest the prime accused, Ashwajit Gaikwad, and his friends, who made the murderous attempt on her.<\/p>\n Ashiwajit, 34, is the son of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) Vice-Chairman & Managing Director Anilkumar Gaikwad.<\/p>\n Singh, a beautician, had revealed the entire incident on her social media posts (IANS report \u2013 December 15 & 16), in which she named Ashwajit, his friends Romil Patil, Prasad Patil and Sagar Shelkar, while tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the state police and other dignitaries seeking action.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is something dubious about this and it raises suspicions\u2026 An attempt was made to crush a girl under a car (SUV) in Thane. The accused Ashwaji is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and son of MSRDC head,\u201d said Londhe.<\/p>\n In a jibe at Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, who handles the home portfolio, Londhe said that though he is an efficient and capable leader, if such a serious incident happens in a city like Thane, \u201cit raises a question mark on his functioning and efficiency\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is the home department doing\u2026 When will the criminal in the Thane case be arrested by police\u2026 Do BJP people think that they are above the law? Whether Gaikwad is not being arrested because his father is a high-ranking official in the government?\u201d demanded Londhe.<\/p>\n He questioned that if the victim cannot be given justice then why raise slogans \u2018Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao\u2019 and beat drums of women\u2019s security, and demanded immediate action, no matter how highly connected any criminal may be.<\/p>\n (IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n