A local court has ordered the arrest of MNS chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray for issuing provocative statements against Biharis living in Maharashtra. Chief judicial magistrate (CJM) SP Singh, while passing the order on a complaint lodged by a local advocate on September 5, also directed the Muzaffarpur senior superintendent of police (SSP) to lodge an FIR with the town police station in Muzaffarpur against the Thackerays. The CJM also asked the SSP to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.
Ojha, the complainant, in his complaint, alleged that the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief and the senior Shiv Sena leader had made statements on different occasions to provoke people. “I read the statement of both the leaders of Maharashtra, appeared a couple of days ago in print and electronic media. Their statement was against the state and very malice towards the integrity of the country. It also maligned the image of a common man of Bihar,” Ojha said in his written complaint.