Water theft: MNS workers beat people

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers are on a rampage once again. Making a mockery of the Ashok Chavan government's law and order machinery, groups of MNS activists have been going around the state capital beating up people for allegedly stealing water.

Mumbai's water woes have become a political plank and parties are trying to outdo each other to hijack it. Parties are sending out vigilante groups to hunt down anyone fetching water illegally.

Taking the law into their hands, Raj Thackeray's party workers have been conducting raids at several places. Late on Wednesday night, they attacked people in Kalbadevi and chased them through streets before beating them up.

Justifying its act, the MNS claimed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was not taking any action against people stealing water.

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