Aaditya Thackeray attacks Shinde govt over pro-Pakistan slogans

A day after Pakistan Zindabad slogans were allegedly raised during a Popular Front of India PFI protest in Pune Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray attacked the state government and said there is a major law and order failure in MaharashtraThe government must come down hard on those who indulged in proPak slogans The fact that someone dared to do so and is yet roaming free means this is a major law and order failure in Maharashtra Aaditya Thackeray told media personsPakistan Zindabad slogans were heard outside the District Collectors office on Friday in Pune city where PFI cadres gathered against the recent EDCBIPolice raids across 15 statesSome protestors were detained by Pune police and a case registered of unlawful assembly against protestors Police also arrested some protestorsCase registered under sections of rioting and for blocking the roads at Bund Garden police station Probe underway pertaining to videos that went viral Stringent action to be taken against culprits said Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone II Pune Sagar PatilEarlier Pune Police had said they will probe and verify the videos and action will be taken accordinglyWe have received some videos we will investigate and verify them completely and take action accordingly the DCP had saidReacting to the sloganeering incident Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who is also the state Home Minister said stringent action will be taken We will take stringent action against any person raising Pakistan Zindabad slogans in Maharashtra Fadnavis saidAlso Read Maharashtra BJP demands ban on PFIBharatiya Janata Party MLA Nitesh Rane took to Twitter and warned those raising such slogans He also sought a ban on PFIJoint teams of the National Investigation Agency Enforcement Directorate and police had conducted multiple raids across 15 states of the country against PFI on September 22 and arrested over 106 membersThe largestever crackdown that was conducted against the Popular Front of India PFI members spread across 15 states was codenamed Operation Octopus sources said on SaturdayThe searches were conducted in connection with five cases registered by the NIA following continued inputs and evidence that the PFI leaders and cadres were involved in the funding of terrorism and terrorist activities organising training camps for providing armed training and radicalising people to join banned organisationsA large number of criminal cases have been registered in different states over the last few years against the PFI and its leaders and members for their involvement in many violent actsThe PFI had on Friday called for a 12hour shutdown in Kerala which turned violent in parts of the state Stonepelting was witnessed at various places including at the RSS office at Mattannur in Kannur Two police officials were also injured in the incident in KollamThe Kerala High Court initiated a suo motu case against PFI leaders who called for a strike in the state against the arrest of its members by the NIAThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever