The police have taken the correct step in arresting Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said.
Thackeray's arrest has shown that the Maharashtra government will not let anyone to take the law into his own hands, Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil said.
The police made around 1,800 preventive detentions in various parts of the state to prevent any untoward incident in the aftermath of the arrests of Thackeray and Azmi, Director General of police P S Pasricha said.
Image: Shops downed shutters in Dadar, Mumbai, after Raj Thackeray was arrested.
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