Polling for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra including Mumbai's high-stake BMC concluded on Thursday evening and the results to the polls are expected on Friday
The police have launched probe into the matters. Representational Pic/File
A Shiv Sena leader's house in Dhule district was allegedly attacked and a BJP candidate in Nagpur was assaulted, prompting police to launch a probe into the matter, officials said.
Dhule district on Thursday witnessed serious poll-related violence over the past 48 hours, police said, including a clash between two groups that resulted in a damaged EVM during the Maharashtra local body elections, reported the PTI.
The home of Manoj More, Shiv Sena’s Dhule district chief, in Krushi Colony, Deopur, was vandalised by a mob of about 20 people on Wednesday evening, as per the PTI.
Stones were thrown and vehicles damaged, the police official added.
The attack was reportedly linked to a dispute over the withdrawal of candidature between More and BJP’s Vilas Shinde, said an official.
Cases registered
Cases have been registered against supporters of both More and Shinde under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for rioting and unlawful assembly, the official said.
Earlier on Thursday morning, two groups clashed at a school in ward number 18, and some individuals entered the polling booth, damaging an EVM. Polling was stalled for over an hour before resuming with a replacement machine. Authorities have deployed additional police personnel to maintain law and order, according to the PTI.
Polling for 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra was held on Thursday. The vote counting is scheduled for Friday.
Clashes between rival party workers in parts of state
Meanwhile, a dispute over alleged cash distribution between BJP and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) supporters occurred in Ichalkaranji in Kolhapur district.
In Akola, candidates of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed verbally and physically, while All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Congress workers fought in Solapur. Clashes between Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena (UBT) candidates were reported in Bhandup, and scuffles in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar left some people seriously injured, the official added.
A case was registered against the husband of a BJP candidate after a photograph showing him with an EVM while voting went viral on social media.
BJP candidate in Nagpur seriously injured after being attack; FIR filed
Former corporator and BJP candidate in the Nagpur civic polls Bhushan Shingne was seriously injured after being attacked by a group of people on the election-eve, police said on Thursday, reported the PTI.
Shingne, the BJP candidate from Ward No. 11 of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), was assaulted around Wednesday midnight in the Gorewada area, hours before voting began at 7.30am on Thursday, they said.
A Nagpur resident with criminal antecedents, whose wife is contesting against Shingne, and some unidentified persons have been named in the FIR filed in connection with the attack, police said, the news agency reported.
Shingne went to Gorewada along with two BJP workers when around 10 people attacked them. During the assault, Shingne was pushed to the ground and hit with stones on his face, hands and legs, they said, citing a complaint.
The BJP candidate suffered injuries on his face, hands and legs and was first taken to government-run Mayo Hospital, where X-rays confirmed fractures. Later, he was shifted to a private hospital for further treatment.
(with PTI inputs)
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