Mumbai, Sept. 18 -- Police arrested a man for his involvement in allegedly defacing the statue of late Meenatai Thackeray, the wife of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, at Shivaji Park in south-central Mumbai with red oil paint, police said today.

Man Upendra Pawaskar, a local resident, was detained on Wednesday evening. Pawaskar was identified through CCTV cameras, police said.

Officials said the accused was formally arrested this morning , adding that the suspect is being interrogated.

An FIR has been registered at Shivaji Park police station under BNS section 298 (destroying, damaging, or defiling a place of worship or a sacred object held by a class of people).

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