Loudspeaker row: Hundreds of MNS workers detained in parts of Maharashtra

Mumbai police on Wednesday detained a number of MNS workers gathered outside party chief Raj Thackeray's residence here, a day after the latter urged people to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers wherever they hear loudspeakers blaring 'azaan', while a similar action was taken against hundreds of party activists in other parts of the state, including Pune, Thane and Nashik cities.

In Pune and neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad, 200 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers and party functionaries were detained, while 12 party activists were arrested in Thane.

Outside Raj Thackeray's residence in Shivaji Park area of central Mumbai, police detained several MNS activists, but