Hanuman Chalisa Row: Action on MNS; In Mumbai, the head of the department was arrested and a case was registered against Raj.
Mumbai: While a case has been registered against MNS president Raj Thackeray in Aurangabad, the police have started taking strict action in other places as well. Following Raj’s appeal, a MNS office bearer was arrested for chanting Hanuman Chalisa on a loudspeaker in front of a mosque in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. This is the first arrest of a MNS office bearer in the Hanuman Chalisa controversy. (Hanuman Chalisa Row Latest Breaking News)
MNS president Raj Thackeray has taken an aggressive stance against the noise on mosques. At a public meeting in Aurangabad, Raj Thackeray gave an ultimatum to the state government to lower the horns. Since then, the state government has been on high alert. Strict measures are being taken to maintain law and order in the state. Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil reviewed the situation today and gave instructions to the police force. A case has been registered against Raj in Aurangabad for making provocative remarks. At the same time, preventive measures are being taken in the state. Notices have been issued to several MNS leaders and office bearers. Against this backdrop, the police have taken the first step of arresting MNS Chandivali division president Mahendra Bhanushali in Mumbai.
Raj Thackeray was the first to raise the issue of bongs at the Gudipadva meet. If the horns on the mosques are not to be removed, then put loudspeakers in front of the mosques and play Hanuman Chalisa on it in double volume, said Raj. After that Bhanushali had installed Hanuman Chalisa in front of the mosque at Ghatkopar. A case was registered against Bhanushali in this regard. He was arrested by the police from Barvenagar cemetery today. A large number of loudspeakers were also seized from Bhanushali’s office in Chandivali.
Meanwhile, the repercussions of the ‘Raj Sabha’ in Aurangabad are beginning to reverberate. State police are on alert mode. Action is also likely to be taken against Raj. That is why the main leaders of MNS have started going underground. Bala Nandgaonkar, Sandeep Deshpande, Nitin Sardesai and Santosh Dhuri are said to be on the radar of the police.
