The North East Lok Sabha BJP candidate Mihir Kotecha alleged on Tuesday that his campaign chariot was pelted with stones for the third time in less than a month, claiming that a Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate was attempting to harm him. Following the stone pelting incident, the BJP has lodged an FIR against an unknown person for threatening lives. Kotecha alleged that his political opponent, Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Sanjay Patil, was involved in pelting stones at his campaign chariot to cause harm to him.

Kotecha stated that the Opposition was resorting to such tactics because they were facing the prospect of a humiliating defeat in the election. The FIR has been registered under sections 336 and 337 of the Indian Penal Code. As per the FIR filed by Deonar police station, Niharika Khondale, BJP in-charge for the Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency, lodged a complaint against an unidentified person.