Seven days since the Shivaji Park police  booked Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Sandeep Deshpande for attempted culpable homicide and assault on a public servant, he is still at large. Deshpande had run away from his party supremo’s residence at Shivaji Park on the morning of May 4, injuring a woman constable and an inspector. Cops at the police station and Crime Branch officials are trying to find his whereabouts. His anticipatory bail application has been scheduled for hearing on May 17.

Raj Thackeray, MNS chief, had given an ultimatum for an agitation against azaan from loudspeakers installed at mosques across the country, if they were not removed. He had asked MNS members to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers if they heard a mosque playing azaan on loudspeakers. To avoid any untoward situation, Mumbai police had served preventive notices to several MNS workers from May 1 including Deshpande, Santosh Dhuri and Santosh Sali.