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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was on Monday arrested and released on bail soon after he was sent to judicial custody in a case connected with inciting attacks against north Indians last October. A court in Kalyan in Thane district, about 80 km from the state capital Mumbai, gave Thackeray bail of Rs 1,00,000 – minutes after sending him to judicial custody till July 13.
Earlier in the day, he surrendered before the Kalyan Railway Police as per the Bombay High Court’s orders. He was immediately arrested in the case related to violence against north Indian candidates appearing for a Railway recruitment examination on October 19 last year. With thousands of MNS supporters gathering, massive security was deployed in the area to ward off any trouble.
Thackeray has been charged under various sections of the Indian Procedure Code (IPC) for rioting, inciting violence, arson, making inflammatory speeches and damaging public property. The judge has also restricted Thackeray from making inflammatory speeches or writing articles on issues like caste, religion, language and birthplace that could incite violence and hamper investigations into the case.
