Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's student wing chief was arrested in connection with the death of a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited employee, who was killed in a stone-pelting incident, in Nashik on Thursday. The incident had occurred while MNS activists were protesting the arrest of their chief Raj Thackeray in Mumbai.

Ambadas Haribhau Dharrao, 55, was returning home from Ojhar when he was hit by stones near Adgaon, police said.

Dharrao, who is survived by his wife and two married daughters, was cremated today at his home town in Niphad village in Nashik district, police said.

The deceased was working in the sheet metal department of the company.