MUMBAI, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Members of a hardline Hindu political party ransacked the office of an Indian news magazine on Tuesday, upset that the latest edition described their leader as a villain, police said.

About a dozen members of the Shiv Sena party attacked Outlook magazine's offices in the financial centre of Mumbai, smashing windows and damaging computers, they said, adding that no one was hurt in the attack.

This week, Outlook ran a cartoon of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray dressed as Adolf Hitler, of whom Thackeray has spoken approvingly in the past.

The magazine blamed Thackeray's speeches and articles for sparking deadly Hindu-Muslim riots in Mumbai in 1992 and named him as one of several villains in a special issue to mark India's 60th independence anniversary.

"Outlook has definitely tried to demean Thackeray," said Neelam Gorhe, a Shiv Sena spokesman.

Police said they were yet to make any arrests.

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