Updated On: 03 February, 2024 03:42 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena party leader was seriously injured after he was shot at inside a police station in Ulhasnagar area by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, the police said. Pics/PTI and CCTV grabs/Navneet Barate (Story/Faisal Tandel)

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The incident took place in the cabin of a senior police inspector of the Hill Line Police Station. MLA Ganpat Gaikwad shot at ex-KDMC corporator Mahesh Gaikwad, who heads Shiv Sena`s city unit. Apart from Gaikwad, one of his supporters was injured in the firing
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With Lok Sabha elections nearby, the incident of firing between Shiv Sena and BJP office-bearers has raised a question over the law and order in the city

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According to the police, the incident took place after 10 pm on Friday at the Hill Line police station in Ulhasnagar area of Maharashtra
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The preliminary information gathered during the probe stated that the two leaders had locked horns over a land in Dwarli village of Ambernath Taluka

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The injured Shiv Sena leader was later shifted to Jupiter Hospital in Thane city since he is in critical condition; he and his associate were earlier taken to a private hospital in Ulhasnagar
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Meanwhile, supporters of the former corporator apart from family and friends gathered outside the hospitals where he was admitted

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CM Shinde and his son, MP Shrikant Shinde along with party members reached Jupiter Hospital to check on Mahesh Gaikwad`s condition
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