The shutdown, which paralysed life in the city, was called by the combine (maha yuti) to protest alleged lax attitude of the police in tracing missing BJP Corporator Suhasini Lokhande.
Sporadic incidents of violence on Sunday marred the Thane bandh called by the Shiv Sena-BJP-RPI combine over police inaction in tracing a missing Corporator.
The shutdown, which paralysed life in the city, was called by the combine (maha yuti) to protest alleged lax attitude of the police in tracing BJP Corporator Suhasini Lokhande, who is missing since February 24, a week after result of the local civic body polls was declared.
According to the police, several buses were damaged in stone pelting and tyres were burnt on roads by protesters.
No arrest has been made till now, they said.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena and BJP on Sunday asked the State Election Commission (SEC) to postpone the March 6 Thane Mayoral poll in view of Lokhande remaining untraceable.
The demand was made in a letter submitted to SEC.
Maintaining that the BJP Corporator may have been abducted, the letter alleged that certain parties were using dubious means to win the Mayoral poll.
Nazeeb Mulla, NCP candidate for Mayor's post, said no party has a right to make wild allegations.
BJP leaders also said that the party would file a habeas corpus petition in the High Court, seeking that the police trace Lokhande and present her before the court.
On the other hand, Lokhande herself spoke to a Marathi newschannel over phone from an unknown place, saying that she was safe, and she had gone "on a pilgrimage", and was still loyal to Shiv Sena-BJP.
"I will surely come back to Thane on March 6, and participate in the mayoral election," she said.
But Lele refused to buy this, and insisted that she had been abducted by NCP.
"We are doubtful if it was her voice at all," he said.
In another development, TMC Commissioner RA Rajeev stated that the corporation would recover the loss caused by the bandh from its organisers, as per the High Court directive.
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