Alok Nath had on October 15, 2018, filed a defamation case against writer-producer Vinta Nanda, who had accused him of raping her almost two decades ago
The woman had spotted a mobile phone thrust in the gap between the bathroom's roof and the common wall that separated Shaikh's room from that of the couple.
Urmila Matondkar, who had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai North constituency, had written a letter dated May 16 to Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora criticising the conduct of two close associates of Sanjay Nirupam.