The husband of a former Shiv Sena corporator was attacked by three persons following a dispute over work carried out in a civic ward in the western suburbs of Mumbai, police said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

Abdul Jabbar Sofi, the husband of former corporator Nazia Sofi, was seriously injured in the incident that occurred in the Jhula Maidan area in Jogeshwari East on Monday evening, an official said.

He said three locals attacked Abdul when a few civic workers arrived in the locality for some task.

The trio thrashed and punched the victim following a confrontation. He sustained injuries and has been admitted to a hospital for treatment, the official said, adding that a case has been registered and a probe is underway, according to the PTI.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde visited Sofi at the hospital on Monday night.

Case against MNS students` wing members for storming ABVP office in Pune

Meanwhile, in an another incident, the police have registered a case against some members of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) students` wing after they allegedly barged into the ABVP`s office following a dispute over posters at a college in Pune city, officials said, as per the PTI.

The accused allegedly tried to create a ruckus by locking the office of the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Sadashiv Peth area on Monday afternoon, they said.

According to the police, some posters with the message to “boycott” MNS students` wing were put up at some places in the Wadia College.
The posters had a mention of the ABVP. “Following this, some members of the MNS students` wing barged into the ABVP office in Sadashiv Peth and tried to create a ruckus,” a Pune police official said, according to the PTI.

A case has been registered under relevant provisions against some members of the MNS students` wing, the official said.

An ABVP member said that an unidentified person put up posters in the Wadia College in the name of their outfit.

“Following the incident, we had a discussion with the MNS students` wing members, but since they wanted to do some stunt, they barged into the ABVP office and tried to create a ruckus,” he claimed, the news agency reported.

(with PTI inputs)

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