Angry supporters of Prakash Mehta went on a rampage after the BJP dropped his name while announcing the final list of candidates for the Assembly election and declared Parag Shah as its official candidate from Ghatkopar, held by Mehta since 1990.

Sources said Shah and former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya had come to see Mehta at his Ghatkopar residence and while leaving around 11.15 am, one of his bodyguards nudged a senior party functionary, leading to a chaos. Already enraged over denial of ticket to Mehta, his staunch supporters and smashed windshields of Shah's car. One of them even banged his head on the vehicle in protest.