
Raj Thackeray
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Thane: MNS workers forced an autorickshaw driver to do sit-ups and apologise publicly after he allegedly abused Raj Thackeray and other leaders of the party in a viral video, leading to the registration of an FIR in Thane and his arrest, police said on Monday.
A case against the viral video was registered at Chitalsar police station on a complaint lodged by the MNS sub-division president.
Shortly after the video clip surfaced, MNS workers traced the driver, identified as Shailendra Yadav (35), and forced him to do sit-ups and apologise for his remarks.
Police later arrested Yadav, while another accused, Rakesh Yadav (27), a resident of Kasheli area in Thane, is on the run, an official said.