The assaulting of a retired Naval officer in Mumbai, allegedly by workers of the ruling Shiv Sena, is "kind of (a) 'state-sponsored terror' situation, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said this afternoon. Mr Fadnavis - a vocal critic of the Sena-NCP-Congress government - also said he had appealed to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray yesterday to "please stop this goonda raj (hooliganism)" and ensure "strong punishment to these goons".
