Mumbai, May 21 -- A session court in neighbouring Thane district on Thursday acquitted Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), party chief Raj Thackeray and all other co-accused in connection with the high-profile 2008 railway recruitment protest case.
Session Judge Abhijeet A Kulkarni in its opreative part order said that the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence to establish the offence i.e. assault on non-local students or clearly prove the involvement of the accused persons. Due to a lack of evidence, the court acquitted Raj Thackeray and also granted him relief from allegations of making provocative statements.
Advocate Sailesh Sadekar, who represented the accused persons, told the media that the court declared the acquittal in...