Hundreds of BJP workers staged a protest outside a police station in the eastern suburb of Chembur, demanding the immediate arrest of persons who vandalised the party's 'Pol Khol' rath during a campaign two days ago, police said. Senior BJP leaders Pravin Darekar, Ashish Shelar, Mangal Prabhat Lodha among other took part in the agitation. The party leaders also had a meeting with senior officials of the Mumbai police at the Additional Commissioner's office.

According to the police, a case was registered against unidentified persons after a civic poll campaign vehicle of the BJP fashioned as a rath was vandalised in the Cheetah Camp area in the early hours of Tuesday. The 'Pol Khol' (exposure of corruption) vehicle was parked by a road and the shattered windscreen, caused by the pelting of a stone, was noticed in the morning, it was stated.