Mumbai Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against yet to be identified suspect, hours after paint was thrown at Meenatai Thackeray's statue at Shivaji Park in Dadar area of central Mumbai.

A senior police official said that a case has been filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Section 298, which deals with acts intended to hurt religious sentiments by spoken words or gestures against the suspect and further investigations in the matter were underway.