<p>Nitesh, who heads NGO Swabhiman Sanghatana, has been accused of firing at Shamim alias Chintu Shaikh, a former aide, in his office in Khar last September.<br /><br />Shaikh had filed the complaint against Nitesh with the Mumbai police, which transferred it to the Mumbai Crime Branch, but he moved the Bombay High Court demanding a CBI probe.<br />He contended that Rane’s father, a senior Congress leader and a cabinet minister in the state government, was allegedly interfering in the investigations.<br /><br />A division bench of Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice A.R. Joshi granted Shaikh's plea and directed the CBI to take over the investigations into the case.<br /><br />On Sep 23 last year, Shaikh had gone to meet Nitesh at the Sanghatana’s office in Khar.<br />There, the duo reportedly had an argument over some issue after which Nitesh allegedly whipped out a revolver and fired at Shaikh.<br /><br />The bullets grazed Shaikh’s cheek, and he ran outside, got into a vehicle and went all the way to Powai, Andheri east, and got himself admitted to the Hiranandani Hospital.<br />Later, he lodged a police complaint and the case was transferred to the Crime Branch in early October.<br /><br />A month later, Nov 12, the crime branch cleared Nitesh of the charges against him, saying that no witnesses had testified against him.</p>
<p>Nitesh, who heads NGO Swabhiman Sanghatana, has been accused of firing at Shamim alias Chintu Shaikh, a former aide, in his office in Khar last September.<br /><br />Shaikh had filed the complaint against Nitesh with the Mumbai police, which transferred it to the Mumbai Crime Branch, but he moved the Bombay High Court demanding a CBI probe.<br />He contended that Rane’s father, a senior Congress leader and a cabinet minister in the state government, was allegedly interfering in the investigations.<br /><br />A division bench of Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice A.R. Joshi granted Shaikh's plea and directed the CBI to take over the investigations into the case.<br /><br />On Sep 23 last year, Shaikh had gone to meet Nitesh at the Sanghatana’s office in Khar.<br />There, the duo reportedly had an argument over some issue after which Nitesh allegedly whipped out a revolver and fired at Shaikh.<br /><br />The bullets grazed Shaikh’s cheek, and he ran outside, got into a vehicle and went all the way to Powai, Andheri east, and got himself admitted to the Hiranandani Hospital.<br />Later, he lodged a police complaint and the case was transferred to the Crime Branch in early October.<br /><br />A month later, Nov 12, the crime branch cleared Nitesh of the charges against him, saying that no witnesses had testified against him.</p>