Raj Thackeray arrested, released on bail

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was arrested on Saturday in connection with a non-bailable warrant issued against him, a Mumbai police official said.

Earlier, Raj went to the Mazagaon court to surrender after which he was arrested.

Later, the Mazagon sessions court released Raj Thackeray on personal bond of Rs 50,000.

The court refused to grant transit remand to prosecution for Raj Thackeray to produce him in Jamshedpur court.

The Jamshedpur police have moved an application seeking his remand in the case.

The warrant against Thackeray had been issued by the Jamshedpur court for his alleged defamatory utterances against Biharis. The case, filed by a lawyer Hamed Razaa Khan, also accused Thackeray of hurting religious sentiments of a particular section of the society.