The home department will come out with new guidelines for using loudspeakers at places of worship of all religions later this week. The move comes in the wake of a row over the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s threat to recite Hanuman chalisa to confront mosques that don’t remove the loudspeakers.

State Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil told mid-day, “The Maharashtra DGP and Mumbai commissioner of police (CP) are going to prepare the new guidelines over the use of loudspeakers. We had a meeting regarding this and the new rules will be issued within the next two days.”