Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane has blamed the Shiv Sena over the alleged disappearance of cousin Ankush from coastal Sindhudurg district. Police have registered a case of kidnapping.

Incidentally, it was the Sena which in 2005 had alleged that Rane was behind the disappearance of Ramesh Govekar, a Sena worker. Rane's son Nilesh is pitted against former Union power minister Suresh Prabhu of the Sena in Sindhudurg-Ratnagiri Lok Sabha seat where polling is slated on April 23.