Mumbai: Police on Wednesday filed a 73-page chargesheet in a local court against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray and 20 others for rioting and assault on North Indians appearing for a Railway Recruitment examination in Mumbai in 2008.
The assault had taken place when MNS was agitating against what they termed as the Railway's policy to issue advertisements in newspapers in North India to attract candidates from that region instead of giving priority to the "sons of the soil" (local people).
Copy of the chargesheet was given to each accused, including Raj through their lawyer Sayaji Nangre.
The MNS chief, standing near the witness box, said ha (yes) when the Magistrate called out his name to ensure he was present in the court. Other accused said ji to register their presence.
(For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on Facebook, Twitter and Google+)
displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of them.