Police has booked at least 40 supporters of BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad for violating prohibitory orders by gathering outside a court in Thane district, an official said on Sunday. Gaikwad himself is under arrest for shooting at and injuring a Shiv Sena leader.

Newswire PTI reported that Police has issued orders banning gatherings in Ulhasnagar in view of the simmering tension following the shooting incident inside a police station on Friday night that left Sena leader Mahesh Gaikwad critically wounded.