Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thakre has been sent to judicial custody till November 4.
He has also been granted bail in one case on surety of Rs 15,000 and other cases are yet to be heard.
Earlier, Raj Thakre’s arrest had sparked violence in Maharashtra. Heavy stone pelting was witnessed outside Bandra court where Raj Thackeray was produced.
Hundreds of MNS supporters gathered and pelted stones at the police, who retaliated by lathicharging them.
Despite heavy police deployment, MNS workers tried to block traffic in Navi Mumbai.
Angry MNS activists attacked the taxis in Parel and Mahalaxmi areas. Taxies parked at Tardeo in south Mumbai were also damaged by some unknown miscreants who fled on motorcycles, police said. Two separate incidents were reported in the north-west suburban of Borivali where miscreants attempted to burn trucks.
Miscreants attacked a toll booth located in the north-west suburban of Mulund and set one of the counters on fire, police said. There were also reports of some unidentified men throwing stones at the suburban resident of Congress spokesperson Sanjay Nirupam.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said, “Police have made their case. We will appoint good lawyers.”
Meanwhile, schools in suburban Mumbai have been closed as a preventive measure following the MNS chief’s arrest.
Security has been tightened in the city to thwart any untoward incident, police said.
Reacting sharply to his leader’s arrest, MNS spokesperson Shirish Parkar said, “There was no substance in allegations against Raj Thakre. The state government was acting at the behest of Centre”.
Parkar described the arrest of Raj as “vengeance” and political “conspiracy” by the Maharashtra government.
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