India, March 28 -- Rahool Kanal of the Shiv Sena Yuva Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), arrested for vandalising Mumbai's Habitat studio following comedian Kunal Kamra's controversial joke about the Maharashtra deputy chief minister, claimed that the Sena workers did not intend to attack the venue and acted "in the heat of the moment."

Speaking to The Indian Express, Rahool Kanal said they resorted to vandalism after the studio's owner, Balraj, allegedly "misbehaved" with them when they visited to talk to him.

The Mumbai Police had arrested 12 Shiv Sainiks, including Rahool Kanal, for vandalising the studio in which Kunal Kamra's show was filmed and the hotel in which it is located. They were granted bail hours after being held.

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