Mumbai, April 01: A local court today acquitted 54 Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists, accused of rioting and pelting stones at each other in Central Mumbai in October, 2006.
The sessions court here acquitted 23 MNS activists, including party spokesperson Shirish Parker, and 31 Shiv Sena activists, including former MLA Sada Sarvankar and former city Mayor Milind Vaidya.
The accused were charged with stone pelting and rioting following a clash between the two groups over the issue of tearing a poster having the picture of Sena chief Bal Thackeray at SIES college in suburban Matunga, said advocate Rajendra Shirodkar, representing the MNS.
According to police, MNS activists had allegedly torn the poster and it had resulted in rioting and stone pelting.
-Agencies