Actor Amitabh Bachchan has played down remarks against him by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray that he had done more for Uttar Pradesh than for Mumbai.
"Random charges are random; they do not deserve the kind of attention you wish me to give," Bachcan said in an interview to a local tabloid.
Bachchan was responding to a query on the impact of the MNS chief's charges against the actor and his family.
"This is a free country and every individual enjoys the liberty of free speech. The law of the land and its Constitution are supreme. Every Indian should be governed by that," the actor said.
Four North Indians roughed up
Four North Indians were allegedly assaulted by about a dozen persons after Holi celebrations in a north-west suburb, police said on Sunday.
However, it was not immediately known if activists from the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, which had run an anti-north Indian campaign last month, were behind the attack which occurred in suburban Santacruz's Juhu Koliwada area on Saturday night, they said.
"According to the complainant, a group of around 8-10 persons asked the victims as to where they hail from and started hitting them with bamboo sticks and fists when they said they were from Bihar," said a senior officer from the Santacruz police station.
A case of rioting has been registered in connection with the incident. A passer-by was also injured in the incident.
The complainant in the case works as a driver and all the victims stay in the same locality, he said, adding that no arrests or detentions have been made in this connection.
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