Overview

• On August 3, more than a dozen MNS cadres armed with sticks stormed the Night Riders Bar in Panvel, smashing furniture and liquor bottles.
• Panvel Police registered a case on August 4 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against 15 individuals, including MNS office-bearer Yogesh Chile.
• Investigators are reviewing CCTV footage and recording witness statements, though no suspects have been arrested to date.
• MNS leader Sandip Deshpande defended the action as a “symbolic protest” after Raj Thackeray condemned dance bars as exploitative and non-Marathi enterprises.
• Opposition parties condemned the mob violence and questioned whether the ruling coalition’s stance on language-based vigilantism undermines rule of law ahead of municipal elections.