Updated On: 18 September, 2025 11:16 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Police said they need to determine the motive behind the act by the person of “unsound mind.” The accused had been living alone in the Dadar area for many years. He was arrested on Wednesday evening after authorities traced him through CCTV footage

Uddhav Thackeray had visited the spot at Shivaji Park in Dadar on Wednesday following the incident. PIC/SAYYED SAMEER ABEDI
The accused held for allegedly defacing a statue of late Meenatai Thackeray, wife of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, has been remanded in police custody till September 20 by a court in Mumbai’s Dadar, news agency PTI reported.
Police said they need to determine the motive behind the act by the person of “unsound mind.”