Yearender 2021: 5 statements by Mumbai personalities that created a stir

From top cop Hemant Nagrale’s statement on the Sakinaka rape case to NCB leader Nawab Malik’s relentless attacks on the NCB and Central Government, here’s a look at five controversial statements made by Mumbai personalities this year. Images/File

Updated On: 2021-12-28 01:55 PM IST

Nawab Malik (L). Sanjay Raut (R)
  1. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut after party leader Gulabrao Patil compared the roads of his constituency with the actor’s cheeks

“This type of comparison has happened earlier too. It's a respect for Hema Malini. So don't see it negatively. Earlier, Lalu Prasad had also given a similar example. We respect Hema Malini.”

2. NCP leader Nawab Malik on BJP-NCB collusion in the arrest of Aryan Khan

“BJP is using NCB to create terror in Mumbai.”

3. Malik after releasing a photo of NCB’s Sameer Wankhede’s supposed ‘nikah’

“Kabul hai, Kabul hai, Kabul hai. Ye tune kya kiya Sameer Dawood Wankhede (What did you do, Sameer Dawood Wankhede).”

4. Union minister Narayan Rane, claiming that Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray couldn’t tell the year of India’s independence

“I would have slapped Uddhav had I been there.”

5. Mumbai Police chief Hemant Nagrale on the Sakinaka rape case

“Police reached the crime spot within 10 minutes. It cannot be present at every crime location.”

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