Mob attack

Kumar Ketkar, Editor of  the Marathi daily Loksatta,  escaped unhurt after a mob of around 70 people, calling themselves activists of the Shivsangram Sanghatana, attacked his home in Thane on Thursday. Six people were later arrested. The activists, who threw stones at the house and damaged furniture and fittings, were protesting against Ketkar¿s recent editorials on Shivaji in the newspaper. The state BJP has hastened to condemn the attack.  (IANS)