<p>In what could compound into a Centre vs State issue yet again, the Mumbai police has registered an FIR into the death of seven-time Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar.</p>.<p>Praful Khoda Patel, the Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, has been named in the FIR.</p>.<p>The FIR was lodged in the Marine Drive police station.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/we-hope-mva-gives-us-justice-says-mohan-delkar-s-family-960006.html" target="_blank">We hope MVA gives us justice, says Mohan Delkar’s family</a></strong></p>.<p>“The Mumbai Police has filed an FIR in the case involving the suicide of Mohan Delkar,” he said.</p>.<p>Patel has been booked under the provisions of Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.</p>.<p>On 22 February, Delkar (58), a seven-time MP, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in a room of the Sea Green Hotel in Marine Drive in Mumbai.</p>.<p>The Mumbai Police initially registered an ADR, which has now been converted into a FIR.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/sit-to-probe-mohan-delkar-s-death-case-959944.html" target="_blank">SIT to probe Mohan Delkar’s death case</a></strong></p>.<p>The development comes a day after Delker’s wife Kalaben Delkar, son Abhinav Delkar and daughter had requested the Maha Vikas Aghadi government for thorough investigations.<br />An advocate for tribal rights, Delkar began his career as a trade union leader in Silvassa. Later, he started Adivasi Vikas Sangathan for the tribals in 1985.</p>.<p>He had represented the seat seven times – the earlier being in 1989 as an Independent, 1991 and 1996 from the Congress, 1998 as a BJP candidate, 1999 as an Independent and in 2004 representing Bharatiya Navshakti Party, a political outfit floated by him.</p>.<p>The Delkar family has accused Patel of harassing and humiliating Mohan Delkar</p>
<p>In what could compound into a Centre vs State issue yet again, the Mumbai police has registered an FIR into the death of seven-time Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar.</p>.<p>Praful Khoda Patel, the Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, has been named in the FIR.</p>.<p>The FIR was lodged in the Marine Drive police station.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/we-hope-mva-gives-us-justice-says-mohan-delkar-s-family-960006.html" target="_blank">We hope MVA gives us justice, says Mohan Delkar’s family</a></strong></p>.<p>“The Mumbai Police has filed an FIR in the case involving the suicide of Mohan Delkar,” he said.</p>.<p>Patel has been booked under the provisions of Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.</p>.<p>On 22 February, Delkar (58), a seven-time MP, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in a room of the Sea Green Hotel in Marine Drive in Mumbai.</p>.<p>The Mumbai Police initially registered an ADR, which has now been converted into a FIR.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/sit-to-probe-mohan-delkar-s-death-case-959944.html" target="_blank">SIT to probe Mohan Delkar’s death case</a></strong></p>.<p>The development comes a day after Delker’s wife Kalaben Delkar, son Abhinav Delkar and daughter had requested the Maha Vikas Aghadi government for thorough investigations.<br />An advocate for tribal rights, Delkar began his career as a trade union leader in Silvassa. Later, he started Adivasi Vikas Sangathan for the tribals in 1985.</p>.<p>He had represented the seat seven times – the earlier being in 1989 as an Independent, 1991 and 1996 from the Congress, 1998 as a BJP candidate, 1999 as an Independent and in 2004 representing Bharatiya Navshakti Party, a political outfit floated by him.</p>.<p>The Delkar family has accused Patel of harassing and humiliating Mohan Delkar</p>
