India, May 25 -- Trouble for Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad is likely to deepen after a court permitted the police to question him in connection with a case involving a threatening and abusive phone call to publisher Prashant Ambi over the title of the book 'Shivaji Khara Kon Hota?', written by late Communist Party of India leader Govind Pansare.

Reacting to the court's decision, Gaikwad said he would respect the order and cooperate with the police inquiry. However, he also maintained that he would demand a ban on the book during the upcoming monsoon session of the assembly.

The controversy erupted in the last week of April after an audio clip of a phone conversation between Gaikwad and the Kolhapur-based Ambi went viral on social media. ...