Maharashtra minister Shambhuraj Desai has claimed Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut's allegation of a threat to his life has been made to defame Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde.

Rajya Sabha member Raut on Tuesday wrote to the Mumbai police commissioner, alleging "threat to life" from Shrikant Shinde, who is the MP from Kalyan in Thane.