2008 Riot Case: Raj Thackeray Arrested, Released on Bail
In the 2008 riot case, Maharashtra Nav Nirman (MNS) supreme Raj Thackeray was arrested on Monday and later released on a bail.
According to police, Thackeray had surrendered in the 2008 riot case in which North Indians who were appearing in Railway recruitment examination in different parts of the state were brutally attacked allegedly by MNS activists.
He wasa was lodged at the Kalyan GRP police station near the court.
It may be mentioned that in its judgment on June 16, the High Court had quashed an anticipatory bail granted to Thackeray by a lower court and instructed him to surrender before the concerned court by the end of the month.
The state government had filed an appeal in the High Court challenging interim anticipatory bail granted to the MNS leader. Justice Rekha Sondurbaldota had noted that custodial interrogation of Thackeray was not necessary at this stage.
Upholding the state government’s contention that Kalyan sessions court’s order granting anticipatory bail to MNS chief had become infructuous as he had already been arrested by the Railway Police, the High Court quashed the lower court order granting interim protection to Thackeray.
The matter pertains to assault by MNS workers on North Indian youths who had come to Kalyan for Railway recruitment examination on October 19 last year.
