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Mumbai: A little less than 48 hours after north Indian students were attacked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers, its president Raj Thackeray was arrested in Ratnagiri in the early hours of Tuesday. The arrest triggered violent protests by his supporters all over Maharashtra. The Mumbai police went to the coastal town, an eight-hour drive from the city, and arrested Mr. Thackeray and his followers on charges of rioting, unlawful assembly and promoting enmity between two groups. Faced with mounting pressure from all over the country to take action, the State government, which kept saying that the law was equal for everyone, finally got its act together. Mr. Thackeray’s arrest came at 3.40 a.m. In the afternoon, he was produced in the Bandra court in Mumbai, where he was granted bail in one case and taken into police custody in another. Mr. Thackeray had dared the government to arrest him. The arrest was not made in connection with a non-bailable warrant issued by a Jamshedpur court but in connection with two cases filed at Kherwadi in Mumbai and at Kalyan in Thane district. These related to attacks on the north Indian students. At the Kherwadi station, a case was registered against Mr. Thackeray under Sections 142 to 149, 336, 352, 253, 427, 506 (2) and most importantly 153 (A) and (B) of the Indian Penal Code on Sunday for attacking north Indians who appeared for the railway examination at Chetna college, Bandra east. Granted bailMr. Thackeray was granted bail on a surety of Rs. 15,000. The court held that there was no direct involvement by him, claimed advocate S.D. Parle, who was present at the hearing. Defence council argued that there were “no eyewitnesses and the incident took place in the morning, whereas Mr. Thackeray’s address to a gathering [at Konkan] was in the evening.” “Although Section 153 of the IPC is non-bailable, you have to see the technicality. The bail was given on the ground that the accused was not present at the site of attack.” Mr. Thackeray will be produced at the Kalyan court on Wednesday. The bail is conditional. He will have to pay regular visits to the Kherwadi police station for a week and cannot make any provocative speeches. MNS workers canedAs Mr. Thackeray was produced in the Bandra court in Mumbai, MNS workers on the premises became violent and police had to use force. The police resorted to lathi charge twice and picked up many activists. Shops downed the shutters and traffic was diverted from the Anant Kanekar Marg. Adding fuel to the fire, Samajwadi Party workers staged protest and raised anti-Raj Thackeray slogans. Related links
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