Mumbai, Nov 24: A civil court here has directed Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, Editor of "Dophar Ka Saamna" Sanjay Nirupam and four others to file their responses on February three next year in a defamation suit filed by a Congress worker. The direction was issued by civil judge A T Vaidya on November 22 on a suit filed by Shivajirao salve. Salve, who had unsuccessfully contested civic polls on Congress ticket in February this year, alleged that he had been defamed by the newspaper of which Thackeray is the Editor and Nirupam Executive Editor. He said the newspaper had carried an article titled "Congress Ka Balatkari Umedwar" on February one this year as a result of which he lost the municipal polls held ten days later.
"Dophar Ka Saamna" is a Hindi newspaper and Shiv Sena's mouthpiece.

Bureau Report