Raj to be produced in a Kalyan court

MNS chief Raj Thackeray who was arrested on Tuesday has been charged with provoking hatred among communities is expected to be presented before a magistrate in Kalyan later today.

Precautionary curfew has been imposed in Kalyan where Raj Thackeray is expected to be presented before a magistrate later on Wednesday.

Raj Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief, spent a quiet night at a police lock up in a town next to this metropolis, after he was arrested Tuesday and charged with provoking hatred among communities.

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The situation in Mumbai and other parts of the state Wednesday morning was peaceful but tense, according to the police. MNS activists had gone on the rampage in Mumbai and in many parts of the state Tuesday after the arrest.

The police had put up a strong security ring around the place where Raj Thackeray was kept, Manpada lock up and police station in Dombivili town of Thane district, with additional personnel from the Rapid Action Force and State Reserve Police Force.

In order to thwart MNS activists from creating any more trouble, the police had clamped prohibitory orders in the area under the jurisdiction of the police station.

Thackeray, who was arrested ib Tuesday morning in Ratnagiri, 250 km from Mumbai, is expected to be presented before a magistrate in Kalyan later on Wednesday in connection with a case filed by the police for attacking north Indian candidates who were appearing at a railway recruitment examination last Sunday.