A former corporator of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Kalyan-Dombivli township of Maharashtra`s Thane district and two of his supporters were injured after some men allegedly attacked them for helping their rival group members, police said on Saturday, reported the PTI.

The incident took place in Beturkarpada area of Kalyan west area on Friday night.

In the attack, former Shiv Sena corporator Umesh Borgaonkar escaped with minor injuries, while his two associates Omkar Sapat and his brother Dnyaneshwar were seriously injured and are currently undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital, police said.

“The attackers in the case were involved in a brawl with another group outside Borgaonkar`s office. The former corporator and his supporters helped resolve the matter between them and shifted the injured to a hospital for medical treatment. However, the attackers were angry with Borgaonkar for helping their rival group,” an official said, according to the PTI.

When he and his supporters returned to his office later, the attackers, who were lying in wait, surrounded his car and started hurling stones, in which Borgaonkar and Sapat brothers were injured, The windshield of the car also broke in the incident, he said.

By the time local Shiv Sena workers arrived at the spot, the attackers fled, he said.

Borgaonkar later said, “We came forward to help people, but some of them targeted us.”

Based on the complaint lodged by him, the police registered a case against 15 attackers at the Mahatma Phule police station.

Meanwhile, in an another incident earlier this week in Maharashtra`s Beed, unidentified burglars broke into the homes of two farmers in the early hours of Thursday and looted gold and cash after brutally assaulting an elderly couple in Maharashtra`s Beed district, police said, as per the PTI.

The incident took place near Aranvihira village in Ashti tehsil, an official said.

“Robbers entered the houses of farmers Navanath Jadhav and Raosaheb Jadhav. They stole three tolas of gold and Rs 13,000 cash. They also assaulted Navanath Jadhav and his wife Sheubai, who suffered a severe ear injury when robbers pulled off her earrings forcefully. The couple have been admitted to the district hospital in Ahilyanagar,” the official said, the news agency reported.

A case has been registered against unidentified persons and all efforts are being taken to trace and arrest them, Ambhora police station assistant inspector Mangesh Salve said.

(with PTI inputs)

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