MUMBAI: As the storm over actor Salman Khan’s tweets on Yakub Menon’s hanging broke, the police moved quickly to deploy protection outside his apartment, Galaxy, in Bandra (West).

Late on Sunday night and early Monday, Khan, in a series of tweets, had said Tiger Memon, and not his brother Yakub, should be hanged for the 1993 blasts.

The police put up security outside the actor’s apartment from around 9am, even as Khan later retracted the tweets and also apologised.

Assistant commissioner of police (Bandra Division) Sanjay Kadam said the police personnel will be stationed outside the building on Sunday, and a decision on whether to continue the protection will be taken later.

“More than 100 police personnel were placed outside the actor’s residence on Sunday,” he said.

Sources said the police brass top had anticipated trouble from political parties, in view of the nature of tweets. Proving them right, around 100 workers of the BJP Yuva morcha held protests and raised slogans outside the Bandra building, calling Khan’s statements anti-national.

The Bandra police detained 22 workers of the Yuva morcha and took them to police station. They were released after a few hours

The police contingent outside Khan’s residence consisted of two police vans, two jeeps, anti riot squads, women officers and constables.

Nikhil Vyas, general secretary of the BJP’S Yuva morcha, said Khan should apologise for his tweets, as they were an insult to the Indian judicial system He demanded that his bail in the 2002 hit and run case be cancelled, as he was supporting anti-national people.

NIKHIL VYAS, GENERAL SECY, BJP’S YUVA MORCHA, DEMANDED KHAN’S BAIL IN THE 2002 HIT-AND-RUN CASE BE CANCELLED