Mumbai, July 5 -- The Mumbai police late Thursday registered a case against Deepak Pawar, founder-president of the Marathi Abhyas Kendra, four Shiv Sena (UBT) functionaries and 300 other party workers for unlawful assembly during a protest at Azad Maidan on June 29. During the protest, organisations working towards promoting the Marathi language had burnt copies of the two government resolutions (GRs) introducing Hindi as the third language in schools from class 1. Opposition leaders, including Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, his son and MLA Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Nitin Sardesai, participated in the protest. Hours later, the Maharashtra government scrapped the two GRs. Based on a complaint filed by constable Suraj Khot from the Azad Maidan police station, an FIR has been registered against Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) functionaries Santosh Shinde, Santosh Gharat, Vaibhav Mayekar and Shashi Pawar, and 300 other party workers. No arrest has been made yet. The case was registered less than 48 hours before a joint victory rally organised by the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS in Mumbai to celebrate the scrapping of the GRs. The FIR was registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Bombay Police Act related to unlawful assembly. "It was an unlawful assembly, and no permission had been taken for the protest," said a police officer. "They violated prohibitory orders relating to unlawful assembly issued by the police, illegally gathered a crowd and chanted slogans against the government." Although neither Uddhav nor Aaditya Thackeray were named in the case directly, their roles in the incident will be examined, said the police officer. "We have not named the leaders. However, they attended it and even burnt the GR," added the officer. Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Harshal Pradhan said, "Such cases were registered to suppress the agitation. Since its formation, the party and its leaders have been facing such cases for raising a voice for the Marathi manoos (people). We are not scared of such cases and will continue to fight for Marathi." Pawar said, "We fought for our rights within the framework of the law. We never violated it. If someone sees this struggle as unconstitutional, it's truly unfortunate. We won't be intimidated by such complaints."...