Vartaknagar police station issued show-cause notices and has arrested Awhad while more arrests are likely to be made soon
Thane police have arrested senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jitendra Awhad for indulging in violence at a city mall during the screening of the Marathi film ‘Har Har Mahadev‘ earlier this week, officials said here on Friday.
Soon after his arrest under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Mumbai Police Act, Awhad tweeted that he would not plead guilty but will continue to fight against the wrong portrayal of historic events.
Viral videos of the incident on Monday night purportedly show Awhad and others having loud arguments, indulging in fistfights with some members of the audience even as the multiplex staffers attempted to placate both sides.
The Vartaknagar police station, which had filed a case in the matter on Tuesday and issued show-cause notices, has arrested Awhad while more arrests are likely to be made soon, said an official.
Late on Monday, the ex-NCP minister and other activists had thronged the multiplex to interrupt the film screening – which was later stopped – alleging historic distortions pertaining to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, allegedly made by the filmmakers.
The ruckus broke out at a multiplex in the Viviana Mall on Monday night when Awhad, along with some 100 supporters, roughed up a few persons at the venue of the film screening.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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