Mumbai, March 19 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray criticized the Maharashtra government over the law and order situation following violence in Nagpur.

He alleged that the Home Department, under the Chief Minister, has failed to control crime, stating that the police do not have independent authority over law enforcement.

Speaking to media reporters, Thackeray said, "The sad thing is that law and order is not in the hands of the police. If law and order were in the hands of the police, then what you have been seeing for the last 2-3 years, countless rapes etc, would not have happened. But the Home Department, which is with the Chief Minister, has failed."

Similarly, MLA Bhaskar Jadhav also condemned the violence in Nagpur and...