CM assures Best Bakery judge's safety

The Maharashtra [ Images ] government will take adequate steps to provide security to Special Judge Abhay Thipsay, who is hearing the Best Bakery case, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh [ Images ] told the assembly on Tuesday.

According to reports, the judge has received threatening mails.

The CM's statement came after opposition leader Narayan Rane [ Images ] raised the issue during the adjournment motion.

Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party [ Images ] legislative party, Gopinath Munde [ Images ], joined Rane and said that when the Supreme Court shifted the case to Maharashtra, the government had assured protection to all the accused and witnesses.

The CM should call a meeting to review the security measures initiated by the government in view of the threats, Munde said.