Mumbai: Gavdevi police have filed a case against an unknown miscreant after he made a phone call to Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray mimicking NCP Chief Sharad Pawar directing a transfer of official. The chief secretary turned suspicious and examined the call to realize that it was a dubious one, preferring a police complaint.
The state is embroiled in controversies over transfer of officials. It has become a bone of contention between ruling and opposition parties. Under these circumstances, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister Ashish Kumar Singh received a phone call and the caller introduced himself as Sharad Pawar. The voice asked the chief secretary to transfer an official to a certain place.