Three men including a local leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were detained by police on Thursday after they allegedly beat up a woman and a video of the incident went viral.
Meanwhile, the woman Prakash Devi said that they wanted to install banner outside her shop. "I declined and told them to install it somewhere else, so they hit me... no woman should go through this," she added.
The woman had taken objection to local MNS workers installing a pole for putting up an advertisement in front of her shop in Kamathipura in central Mumbai, police said.
The incident had taken place on Sunday, said an official.
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday demanded the suspension of the MNS workers who were seen in a viral video abusing, pushing and assaulting an elderly woman in Maharashtra.
Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "It's totally unacceptable and shameful behaviour. It's not Maharashtra's culture. He (MNS leader) should publicly apologize to all the women of Maharashtra. I urge MNS chief Raj Thackeray to suspend him from all party posts."
The video purportedly showed Vinod Argile, a local office-bearer of the MNS, and two others slapping and pushing the middle-aged woman.
After the video circulated on social media, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered under IPC sections 323 (assault), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (act intending to outrage modesty of woman) at Nagpada police station.
Vinod Argile, Raju Argile and Satish Lad were detained but no arrest has been made yet as probe is underway, the official said.
