State General Secretary of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Vasant Gite and the MNS city Chief Nitin Bhosale along with ten others were arrested yesterday, in connection with an advertisement put out by the party in newspapers in Nashik, police said.
All the 12 MNS leaders have been arrested under Sections 153 (a) (b) of IPC, police added.
Meanwhile Parliament was adjourned amidst shouting slogans.
The Lok Sabha witnessed protests over attacks on north Indians in Maharashtra with members of the RJD, a key constituent of the ruling UPA, storming the well on the issue.
Rashtriya Janata Dal members Vijay Krishna, Sadhu Yadav and Ramkripal Yadav wanted safety and security to North Indians in Maharashtra in the wake of the agitation by the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
As noisy scenes continued, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee ordered laying of papers listed for the day and special mentions. As the members remained unrelenting, the Speaker adjourned the House for the day.
RE:MNS Ki Chhutti
by on Feb 27, 2008 05:06 PM Permalink
A senior citizen from Dahisar who was assaulted by a mob belonging to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) because his son had a rape case registered against him has slapped a notice on Raj Thackeray's party questioning its right to dispense mob justice and asking for compensation worth Rs 5 lakh from each of his assailants. MNS activists had barged into a saloon in Dahisar owned by 68-year-old Mahadeo Nikam on December 2, 2007, blackened his face, assaulted him and his wife and ransacked the shop to hand out 'justice' after his son, Prakash, was accused of raping his own daughter. The mob had hit Mahadeo after they could not find Prakash in the saloon. (Prakash's wife Surekha had registered the rape case against him the same day and it is being heard in court) The senior citizen filed a police complaint against the MNS activists, and five of them were booked for assault and unlawful entry. No arrests were made in the matter. Mahadeo has issued a notice to the five accused asking them what "right" they had to "dispense justice and ruin someone socially without even knowing the truth." He has said that the law will take its course in his son's case, but the MNS has no right to label him an accused, take the law in its own hands and deprive him of his basic constitutional right of liberty. Nikam further states that if the MNS workers do not respond to his notice within 15 days, he will have to file a public interest litigation for protection of his constitutional rights.
RE:MNS Ki Chhutti
by on Feb 27, 2008 05:47 PM Permalink
The Nashik police on Tuesday arrested 10 key Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leaders for starting a drive to fill up vacancies created due to the mass exodus of north Indian workers with Marathi youths.
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MNS general secretary from Nashik Vasant Gite said, "Thousands of north Indians had fled Nashik due to our agitation and industries in and around Nashik had closed down. The businessmen held a meeting with us and wanted the issue resolved."
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"We gave advertisements in the local newspapers and said that Marathi youths should come forward. There was a huge response and nearly 14,000 Marathi youths came forward. But the police slapped cases on us and arrested us," Gite said.
Nashik is an MNS stronghold and Raj Thackeray had adopted it while he was in the Shiv Sena.
Nashik police chief S M Sayad said, "By giving such advertisements, the MNS leaders promoted hatred in society. We arrested them and produced them in court. They were later released on bail."
