Chandrakant Khaire, member of parliament from the Shiv Sena, was allegedly manhandled, and stones were pelted at his car by a furious crowd on Tuesday morning, in a village in Aurangabad.

On Monday, Kakasaheb Shinde, 28, a driver from Gangapur village in Aurangabad, allegedly killed himself by jumping into the Godavari river during a protest by the Maratha Kranti Morcha. Preparations were on for Shinde's funeral when a furious mob pushed and allegedly manhandled Khaire who had gone to meet the family. The violence later spread all over Maharashtra.