MNS leader Raj Thackeray, who was arrested on Tuesday and spent a day in police custody, returned to his residence amidst celebrations by supporters on Wednesday evening.

MNS spokesperson Shirish Parkar was arrested along with 12 other leaders belonging to the party.

Hundreds of supporters who thronged his residence 'Krishna Kunj' in the Shivaji Park area of Central Mumbai and celebrated Thackeray's return by bursting crackers after a court in Kalyan granted him bail.

"He is happy that he has been released from police custody and appealed to MNS activists to mantain peace," Shishir Shinde, general secretary of MNS, said.

Thackeray was arrested from Ratnagiri on Tuesday in connection with cases of assault registered against MNS activists for attacking North Indian candidates appearing for railway recruitment exams.

The MNS leader spent the night in custody at the Manpada police station in neighbouring Dombivali and was produced before a magistrate's court in Kalyan where he was granted bail. On Tuesday, he was granted bail in a similar case by a court in Mumbai.

There are many cases pending against MNS supremo Raj Thackeray.

Thackeray was also granted interim relief by the court in a case where Railway police sought his custody, after which he was released.

Sporadic violence was reported on Wednesday in Mumbai which was by and large peaceful, a day after MNS activists went on a rampage to protest the arrest of Raj Thackeray, as curfew was clamped in the area around the Kalyan court in Thane where the politician was to be produced.

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