Rahul ignores threat, hops onto local trains

MUMBAI, Feb 5 (PTI): In a snub to Shiv Sena, Rahul Gandhi hopped onto two suburban trains today throwing caution to wind in the wake of security threat to make a last-minute detour through Sena bastions during his brief visit to this metropolis.

With Bal Thackeray issuing a diktat to his party cadres to greet the 'Italian Prince' with black flags to mark the party's protest against his "Mumbai for all" remarks, the defiant Congress general secretary cocked a snook at the Sena supremo when he jettisoned plans to go to a slum in Ghatkopar by a waiting helicopter for his second and final engagement in the city.