Kalyan-Dombivli, Aug. 5 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday appeared before the Kalyan Court via video conferencing and recorded his statement in a 17-year-old alleged defamation case linked to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.

The court conducted the proceedings under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which gives the accused a chance to explain any bad evidence shown against them by the prosecution. Thackeray told the court that he had committed no offence and had been falsely implicated in the case.

The 2009 case relates to an alleged doctored video CD targeting NCP leader Vasant Davkhare, played during an election rally in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, leading to a complaint against the then-undivided Shi...