MAHARASHTRA GOVT TAKES ON RAJ
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Raj Thackeray arrested, to be brought to Mumbai
Published on Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 23:54, Updated on Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 07:19 in 
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supremo Raj Thackeray was arrested in Ratnagiri late on Monday night. He is being brought to Mumbai and is likely to be produced in Bandra court at about 1100 hrs IST.
Police have charged Raj with rioting in Kherwadi in Mumbai and a case has been registered in the Bandra police station.
He has been charged under Section 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot), Section 353 (Assault or use of criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and Section 427 (Mischief, and thereby causing damage to the amount of Rs 50 and upwards) of the Indian penal Code.
While the first and the last are bailable offence, the second is a non-bailable offence.
Police are also on a high alert in Mumbai to prevent any backlash from his supporters. But despite the heavy police presence in Mumbai, some taxis belonging to North Indians were damaged by MNS activists though no one was injured in the attack.
Some people also tried to barge into Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam's office in Andheri.
Earlier, two Jharkhand Police officers met Mumbai police officials in connection with a non-bailable warrant issued against Raj by a Jamshedpur court.
The non-bailable warrant was issued by the court of First Class Judicial Magistrate AK Tiwary against Raj by the court in Jharkhand on September 30.
An advocate Hammed Raza Khan had filed a case against the MNS chief for hurting religious sentiments of Biharis by allegedly making derogatory remarks about Chhath puja.
The petition was filed on February 2, 2008 and quoted Raj Thackeray as describing Chhath as "a drama".
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