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New Delhi: Maharashtra continued to remain on the edge on Wednesday after high drama unfolded across the state with the arrest and the subsequent release of MNS chief Raj Thackeray.

The arrest of Raj resulted in nightlong violence in Mumbai and other cities as activists of the group went on the rampage.

Tension mounted around noon as policemen entered Thackeray's house and shops shut down.

Nashik: One killed, city tense

Violence spread like wildfire and spilled over to the neighbouring cities of Nashik and Pune. One person – an employee of Hindustan Aeronauticals Limited - was killed in Nashik even as Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil asserted that the state police was fully prepared to tackle the situation.

Fifty-year-old Ambadas Dharrao was killed in heavy stone pelting on a company bus. One more person was injured in that incident. Para-military forces were rushed to the sensitive areas across the state.

Nearly 70 per cent of the shops remained shut as violence spread and shopkeepers observed self-imposed ''bandh'' since morning.

Attacks on passing vehicles and stray incidents of vandalism directed against migrants were also reported from Pune, Raigad, Thane, Beed, Aurangabad and Akola towns.

Mumbai: Uneasy calm

Similar was the case in Mumbai where many office-goers preferred to stay indoors lest they should be caught in a backlash in the event of Raj’ sarrest.

Stone pelting incidents were reported from different parts of the state with the civic and state transport buses bearing the brunt of the attacks.

The MNS activists also tried to set ablaze a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus at Deepali Nagar on Mumbai-Agra national highway.

Police arrested over 150 MNS activists protesting Raj's arrest.