Sena Leader Backing Uddhav Thackeray Attacked In Maharashtra, 2 Arrested

Harshawardhan Palande, deputy chief of Shiv Sena's Kalyan city unit, was attacked with sticks, iron rods and choppers, police said.

Police on Thursday arrested two persons in connection with the attack on a worker of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in Maharashtra's Thane, an official said.

Harshawardhan Palande, deputy chief of the Sena's Kalyan city unit, was on Wednesday injured in the attack and admitted to hospital, said an official.

The incident had taken place on Pune Link Road in Kalyan East. Four to five men had arrived in a car and attacked Palande with sticks, iron rods and choppers, a police official said.

The Kolsewadi police on Thursday arrested two persons in this connection, the official said.