Mumbai: Six Shiv Sena workers, who were granted bail last week in a case of alleged assault on a former Navy man, were re-arrested in the early hours of Tuesday.
"The Indian Penal Code Section 452 (house-trespass after preparation of hurt, assault or wrongful restraint), which is non-bailable, was added in the case registered against them," a police official said.
Ex-Navy officer Madan Sharma met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday at the Raj Bhavan here. He was attacked last Friday for allegedly forwarding a cartoon lampooning Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on social media.
After the attack, Sharma had demanded that the chief minister apologises to him and the country. He had also said that Thackeray should quit his post if he was unable to uphold law and order in the state.
Earlier, the six persons were arrested last week after local BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar posted a video on Twitter of the assault on former Navy man Madan Sharma (62), but they were granted bail on Saturday.
The accused were then booked under IPC Section 325 for causing grievous hurt, which is a bailable offence.