Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has finally got relief from a local court. Court today cancelled the warrant issued against Raj Thackeray after he appeared in a case registered against him for violence during Railway Recruitment Board examinations at a college in suburban Bandra in October 2008. The warrant was issued on June 10 because Raj Thackeray had failed to appear at Bandra court. Today Thackeray appeared due to which the warrant was cancelled. Thackeray urged in court for discharge him in the case saying that he was not present when the violence broke out in the college during the examination. Thackeray also argued that he had no role to play in the violence.
The court has asked the prosecutor to file his say on the discharge application filed by Thackeray on 1 July.
In November 2009, police had filed a charge sheet against the MNS chief and 20 party activists. These accused have been booked under sections 142, 144, 145 (all pertaining to unlawful assembly), 153(A) (promoting enmity between groups), 153(B) (acts prejudicial to national integration), 336 (endangering life or safety), 342 (wrongful confinement), 352 (assault) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. The charge sheet had mentioned 31 witnesses, out of which 14 were native of Maharashtra. According to the statements of witnesses MNS activists barged into the college premises, raised slogans, tore question papers and answer sheets and assaulted some candidates. The MNS then said that the Railways had not informed “maharashtrians” about the exams but had placed ads in newspapers in North India.
Bureau Report
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