Screens of Metro theatre in south Mumbai and Huma Cinema at Kanjurmarg were cut with sharp instruments such as blade by the Sena workers.
Over 200 Shiv Sena activists, some of them office-bearers, were today arrested for demonstrating and damaging cinema screens to protest against Shah Rukh Khan, as the party vowed to stall release of the actor's new film My Name Is Khan, unless he apologised for his IPL remarks.
Screens of Metro theatre in south Mumbai and Huma Cinema at Kanjurmarg were cut with sharp instruments such as blade by the Sena workers who entered the halls as regular viewers by buying tickets, police said.
At suburban Mulund, the glasses of Mehul cinema were broken in stone pelting by the protesters, who shouted slogans against Khan and the film releasing on February 12.
The party's activists gathered outside Fame cinema in Pantnagar and R-City Mall at Ghatkopar and tore down posters of the actor and the movie.
"We have arrested 206 Shiv Sena activists. It included preventive arrests. Many of them were rounded up for protesting outside the cinema theatres," additional police commissioner Ritesh Kumar told PTI.
The Sena renewed its threat not to allow the release of My Name Is Khan unless the Bollywood star retracts his statement favouring inclusion of Pakistani players in IPL-3.
"We will not allow the movie to be released. Shah Rukh should first apologise to Balasaheb (Thackeray) and then only we can talk with him," Sena leader Manohar Joshi said.
Describing the actor as a 'traitor', the protesters asked the theatre-owners to stop the advance bookings of the film or face dire consequences.
Most of those arrested have been booked for rioting, unlawful assembly and criminal intimidation, police said.
In wake of the Sena intensifying protests against Khan, leaves of the city policemen have been cancelled to ensure their full presence.
To further strengthen security, personnel from State Reserve Police Force and Home Guards will be deployed at the 63 theatres that will screen the film here.
Karan Johar, director and co-producer of My Name Is Khan earlier in the day met police commissioner D Sivanandhan to discuss security issues ahead of the movie's release.
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