The Shiv Sena factions of Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde clashed during Chhath Puja in Dahisar on Monday, with each accusing the other of molesting their women party workers. Both the factions had set up their own welcome gates at the Chhath Puja site in Dahisar, and accused each other of forcibly entering their side of the event when devotees were leaving.

“Ten to twelve workers of the Thackeray’s Shiv Sena group entered our event and attacked us with bamboo sticks and rods. They even attacked the women police personnel on bandobast duty when they tried to stop them,” said Ram Yadav, the ward president of the Shinde faction. Yadav alleged that Thackeray group’s workers even abused and molested the women workers of Shinde Sena. He held Abhishek Ghosalkar of the Thackeray faction responsible for the attack. “We have filed a complaint at the MHB police station,” he added.