A day after MNS chief Raj Thackeray fuelled the Marathi debate again, asking his party workers to burn auto rickshaws and taxis belonging to non-Maharashtrians, a brand new auto was set ablaze opposite Andheri RTO last night by miscreants. While the culprits remain unidentified, eyewitnesses said they were shouting MNS slogans.
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<img title="The brand new auto was parked outside Andheri RTO" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/mar/Burning-auto.jpg" alt="The brand new auto was parked outside Andheri RTO" /> The brand new auto was parked outside Andheri RTO
Around 10.45 pm, a new auto rickshaw that was parked opposite the Andheri RTO near Citi Mall was set on fire. Locals say that around five people had arrived at the spot in a car, thrown petrol on the rickshaw and then set it on fire. They shouted MNS slogans and escaped in the same car. Locals shot photographs and a video of the burning auto, which later went viral on WhatsApp.
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Joint Commissioner of Police (Law &amp; Order) Deven Bharti told mid-day that the police are not sure who did it. The police have launched an investigation into the incident.
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On Wednesday, MNS chief Raj was speaking at an event to commemorate 10 years since the party&rsquo;s establishment, when he raked up the &lsquo;Marathi manoos&rsquo; issue again and instructed his supporters to torch new autos belonging to &lsquo;outsiders&rsquo;. &ldquo;The government is going to issue 70,000 new rickshaw permits to outsiders that should have been given to Marathi youths. If you see a new auto on the road, stop it, ask the passengers to get down and burn it,&rdquo; he had told his supporters.
However, he specified that party workers should only burn the rickshaws of non-Maharashtrians, adding that they should safely remove the passengers first.
The Amboli police are investigating several angles, including whether it was deliberate mischief by any anti-MNS elements in the area.

A day after Raj Thackeray asked MNS workers to burn autos and taxis belonging to non-Maharashtrians, a brand new auto was set ablaze opposite Andheri RTO last night

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