More than 1,000 activists of the Shiv Sena were arrested for vandalising cinemas and multiplexes that will screen "My Name Is Khan", forcing several theatres in this film capital to Wednesday stop advance bookings.

Meanwhile shops were shutdown in Parel and Lalbaug after local Sena leader Dagdu Sakpal was arrested by the police.

As the Shiv Sena went on the rampage two days before the release of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer -- despite the Mumbai Police assuring security cover at the 63 cinemas and multiplexes scheduled to show the movie here from Friday -- the administration arrested 1,023 party workers between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

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