A Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader was arrested on Tuesday for damaging the car of a state government official in Ulhasnagar in Thane district for allegedly "failing" to take action against illegal occupation of a government land, police said.

The accused, Yogiraj Deshmukh, is a zonal president of the MNS. "Deshmukh had gone to meet Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) Jagatsingh Girase at his office in Ulhasnagar. He claimed that got enraged when he was held back by the office staff, and damaged the car," said Ulhasnagar Central police station inspector Sudhakar Suradkar.