Raj Thackeray booked for ordering MNS to vandalise toll booths

January 29, 2014 11:06

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has been booked in two cases by the Pune police for ordering his party workers to vandalise toll booths in Maharashtra, reports NDTV.

Since his provocative instruction on Sunday, MNS workers have continuously targeted toll booths in Mumbai, Pune and other parts of the state. Over of them have been arrested so far.

Thackeray now has 97 cases registered against him across the country.

He had said on Sunday, "I am ordering my workers to ensure that no toll tax is charged at any booth in Maharashtra. If anyone asks for toll tax, then phod dijiye, pitiye (attack, thrash them), whatever be the consequences."

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