Around 8-10 workers forcibly entered the magazine’s office on the sixth floor of Raheja Chambers in Nariman Point at around 1500 hours and asked for the editor. They damaged property in the office on being told that the editor wasn’t there, police said.
Eyewitnesses said some windows and office stationery were damaged in the incident. No one was hurt in the incident.
K L Prasad, Joint Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, said the group broke a phone, glass partitions and overturned some furniture. The group was out in 5-10 minutes, said Prasad.
Thackeray, Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin and late Congress leader Sanjay Gandhi were listed as villains in a special edition of the magazine to commemorate India’s 60th year of independence.
A caricature in the article has Thackeray sporting a toothbrush moustache and Hitler-like uniform. The Shiv Sena activists alleged Thackeray had been portrayed in a negative light.
The magazine’s management says the police are confiscating copies of the magazine in Mumbai. Police has lodged a complaint against unknown persons for ransacking and damage to property.
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