MNS candidate's house set on fire

After Prakash Maruti Rane, a 35 year-old MNS candidate, was defeated in the municipal elections in Malad, the door of his house in Appa Pada, Malad (east) was set ablaze at 3.15 am on Saturday.
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Friday evening an unknown caller abused Rane and threatened him saying that he had let them down and would be taught a lesson, police said.
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The number was tracked to a fellow MNS party member. On the same night, the door of an MNS volunteer Rajshreee Datta Shinde's residence was also set ablaze in Malad (E).

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