Rahul Patil, a local party politician who was injured at Hill Line police station when BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad fired at his rival Mahesh Gaikwad last month, has been arrested after a video of a man firing a round in the air went viral on social media. The police said the incident took place after a bullock cart race was held on an open ground at Panvel. The team which lost the race, in anger, created a ruckus and one of them fired the gun. The Panvel City police registered a case against 10 to 15 people in connection with the case and are in search of other accused, including the man who fired the round.

Rahul Patil is infamous for bullock cart racing across Raigad and Thane districts. He was also involved in earlier such firing incidents.