An FIR was registered at Bhayander police station against sitting BJP MLA Narendra Mehta for using a photograph of a defence personnel for political campaign. According to the police sources, Mehta uploaded a banner on April 27 on his Facebook timeline and appealed to the citizens to vote on  April 29, 2019 using a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan and himself.

The complaint was filed by local RTI activist Krishna Gupta to Chief Election Commissioner of India, State Election Commissioner of Maharashtra and Thane District Collector.