Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son and Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde has written to the Thane police commissioner objecting the "unilateral" decision by the police to divert traffic in their residential area, a move he said has drawn criticism to the Shinde family.

After the letter was issued, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, withdrew the circular on Wednesday night. Police have stepped up security outside the private residence of the chief minister in Loiuswadi area in Thane city in view of the protests by Maratha community members for quota in various parts of the state.