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Mumbai News Live Updates: NCP leader Jitendra Awhad arrested by Thane Police – The Indian Express

Awhad led a number of NCP supporters inside the theatre and asked the patrons to leave, asserting that the movie allegedly “distorted the Maratha history and such movies would not be allowed to be released in the state”. (Express file photo)

Mumbai Live Updates:  NCP leader Jitendra Awhad was arrested by Thane Police on Friday, in connection with the case against him for stopping the screening of the movie ‘Har Har Mahadev’. The police on Tuesday had registered an FIR against him and his supporters after Awhad led a number of NCP supporters inside the theatre and asked the patrons to leave, asserting that the movie allegedly “distorted the Maratha history and such movies would not be allowed to be released in the state”.

Meanwhile, as Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ continues through Maharashtra, the party shared Friday that Rahul Gandhi has gifted a laptop to Sarvesh Hatne, a youth he met during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Nanded. Hatne had reportedly told Gandhi that he wanted to become a software engineer but did not have a computer, prompting Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to gift him one.

In other news, the air quality in Mumbai turned ‘Moderate’ on Friday, two days after it turned ‘Poor’ due to prevailing weather conditions. A ‘Moderate’ AQI has been predicted for the next three days as well. According to the AQI monitoring chart, an AQI between 0-50 is termed as ‘good’, between 51-100 is termed ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 is termed ‘moderate’, 201-300 is termed ‘poor’, 301-400 is termed ‘very poor’ and beyond 400, AQI is labelled as ‘severe’.

Mumbai News Live Updates Today: NCP leader Jitendra Awhad arrested by Thane Police; Air quality turns ‘moderate’; Bharat Jodo Yatra resumes in Dabhad. Read latest news and updates from Mumbai and Maharashtra below.

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