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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena main Raj Thackeray connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) appeared successful a tribunal successful Thane territory successful transportation with a 2008 rioting case and pleaded not guilty, his lawyer said.
A ample fig of supporters gathered extracurricular arsenic the MNS president appeared earlier Chief Judicial Magistrate A.V. Kulkarni.
The Court has framed charges against him and respective of his enactment workers implicit an occurrence of rioting, battle connected candidates, and attacks connected constabulary unit connected October 19, 2008.
When asked by the Magistrate whether helium accepted the charges, Mr. Thackeray replied successful the negative. The Court past posted the substance for the adjacent proceeding connected December 16, said his lawyer Rajendra Shirodkar. Mr. Thackeray would be tribunal proceedings whenever truthful directed, helium said.
The tribunal premises witnessed dense crowds and constabulary bandobast arsenic Mr. Thackeray arrived for the hearing.
In 2008, the Mr. Thackeray and his enactment workers were accused of targeting candidates from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh who had travel to look for the Railway Recruitment Board exam. A full of 54 cases were registered against Mr. Thackeray and MNS workers. At the time, helium was granted bail connected a surety of ₹1 lakh.
Following a Bombay High Court directive, Mr. Thackeray had surrendered earlier the tribunal successful June 2009 aft his anticipatory bail was acceptable aside. The High Court had ruled that his custodial interrogation was unnecessary but upheld the government’s contention that the earlier anticipatory bail granted by a Lower Court had go infructuous.
