Osmanabad, June 21: MNS chief Raj Thackeray today surrendered before a local court in a case of rioting registered against him in 2008 and was later released on bail.
Raj was granted bail by a judicial magistrate (first class) in Umergaon village of Osmanabad on a bond of Rs 15,000. He was accompanied by his lawyer Sayaji Nangre.
The MNS chief was arrested on October 21, 2008, in Ratnagiri in connection with an agitation launched by his party against north Indians. The party had claimed that north Indians deprived the sons of the soil from getting employment in the state.
Following arrest of Raj, riots broke out in Mumbai, Jalgaon, Aurangabad and various other parts of the state.
Several cases were registered against the MNS Chief and his supporters.
——-PTI