The Thane Police on Friday arrested former Maharashtra minister and NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad for allegedly stopping a screening and creating ruckus at a multiplex in Thane on November 7, the police sources said. Awhad and his supporters were booked by Vartak Nagar police in Thane following the incident.

Awhad, in a tweet claimed that he was called by the police to collect a notice but was arrested without any summons.