MNS ON A RAMPAGE
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Raj Thackeray arrest triggers MNS backlash
Published on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:25, Updated on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:56 in 
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New Delhi: Two days after triggering attack on north Indians by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers, party chief Raj Thackeray was arrested early on Tuesday from Ratnagiri, near Mumbai.
Raj was arrested at 0300 hrs IST on charges of rioting in Kherwadi, where on Sunday MNS workers attacked railway board examination centres to protest “inadequate representation” of the locals.
Raj would be produced in Bandra court at 1100 hrs IST.
Anticipating trouble, police have stepped up security and detained hundreds of MNS workers from across the state, with 500 from Mumbai alone. MNS workers are reportedly gathering in Navi Mumbai, from where the police cavalcade carrying Raj is expected to pass.
One SRPF platoon has been deployed at the Bandra Metropolitian Magistrate court. A force of over 8,000 police personnel has been deployed across the city and Riot Control Force is on standby.
However, despite heavy police deployment, Raj’s arrest has sparked off several incidents of violence in Mumbai. MNS workers forcibly shut down shops and allegedly burnt an auto-rickshaw in Mumbai’s western suburb of Borivali.
Even before the news of the arrest came through, MNS activists went on a rampage attacking around 30 taxis at various locations in Parel and Mumbai Central. A check-post in Mulund was also reportedly put on fire by MNS activists.
“Around six people came here and asked whether we were from Bihar or UP. When we didn’t answer, they started beating us and pelting stones on the taxis. A lot of damage has happened,” a taxi driver from Mumbai Central said.
An MNS protestor in Mumbai said that Raj’s arrest was carried out in a shameful manner. He defended that the MNS chief stands for the marathi cause.
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This is sandeep from karnataka,
Though i don\'t support violence, i do support the cause behind MNS
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Would that lapse on the part of the Railways warrant a violent uprising?
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Why is media giving so much publicity to a dreaded criminal like Raj Thackeray? He will use this publicity to
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I agree to this
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What I believe is Raj is no diffrent that Rakhi. Both are hungry for the publicity, Dirty Publicity. And Media
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