The photograph showing narcotics case related accused and b-list Bollywood actor Kapil Jhaveri who allegedly organised the rave party busted by the police meeting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is tampered, the CMO said.
Sawant too while speaking to the media during the day accused Independent legislator Rohan Khaunte of cropping the date out of the photo -- an Instagram screenshot.
"It was to show that the meeting between Kapil Jhaveri and him was held during his birthday on April 24," Sawant said.
The CMO, meanwhile, said Sawant's meeting with Jhaveri actually happened way back on January 2 through the routine protocol followed by the system to fix an official appointment for the Chief Minister.
Khaunte, a former minister who was sacked by Sawant in July last year, had on Tuesday claimed that the chief minister and other BJP bigwigs were linked to Jhaveri.
He had also shown photos depicting Jhaveri with Sawant and other top BJP politicians to back his claim.
Khaunte's allegations were made in the face of one of his associates, Shailesh Shetty who was arrested for allegedly facilitating the Vagator rave party and booked under the stringent Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act by the Crime Branch.
Shetty has since secured bail as has Jhaveri from the Sessions Court.
Sawant has accused Khaunte of attempting to "divert the issue".
