MNS goons again vandalise toll plaza
30 Jan 2014 5:05 AM IST
Undeterred by warnings of action, over 50 MNS workers arrived at toll booth on the sea link in cabs, threatened the staff, ransacked it and damaged glass windows, a day after damaging over a score toll plazas across the state. 16 MNS workers were later arrested for unlawful assembly, rioting and deterring public servant from discharging duty, ACP S Kolekar. Droves of MNS workers have attacked over 20 toll collection centres in Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Jalna and Aurangabad since the Sunday night speech of Thackeray in Navi Mumbai where he asked them not to pay the levy and ‘thrash’ those who demand.
‘Aadve aale tar tudvun kadha’ (if anyone raises a voice, thrash them). Unless you are told why toll is being levied, no one will pay,’ Thackeray had said. In no time, MNS workers, known for their strong arm tactics, were on the streets, brandishing wooden poles and iron rods, pulling down barriers, smashing toll plazas and setting them on fire.
Party MLA Pravin Darekar and 31 of his supporters were on Monday arrested and later released on bail for attacking a booth at Dahisar. Meanwhile, state’s Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal has said the alleged speech made by Thackeray that set off a series of violent incidents is under examination.
Case against MNS chief Raj Thackeray
Mumbai: A case has been registered against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray in a local court here on Tuesday for his inflammatory remarks after which the Sena workers vandalised toll plazas in different parts of the state on Monday.
Taking action against the incident of vandalism, police had arrested 15 MNS workers yesterday while more than 100 activists were already being taken into custody for spreading violence in the state.
‘Aadve aale tar tudvun kadha’ (if anyone raises a voice, thrash them). Unless you are told why toll is being levied, no one will pay,’ Thackeray had said. In no time, MNS workers, known for their strong arm tactics, were on the streets, brandishing wooden poles and iron rods, pulling down barriers, smashing toll plazas and setting them on fire.
Party MLA Pravin Darekar and 31 of his supporters were on Monday arrested and later released on bail for attacking a booth at Dahisar. Meanwhile, state’s Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal has said the alleged speech made by Thackeray that set off a series of violent incidents is under examination.
Case against MNS chief Raj Thackeray
Mumbai: A case has been registered against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray in a local court here on Tuesday for his inflammatory remarks after which the Sena workers vandalised toll plazas in different parts of the state on Monday.
Taking action against the incident of vandalism, police had arrested 15 MNS workers yesterday while more than 100 activists were already being taken into custody for spreading violence in the state.
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