Police used “delicate” power exterior the counting centre in Sillod meeting constituency in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district on Saturday after numerous supporters of two rival Sena candidates got here nose to nose, an official mentioned.
The incident passed off round 5.45 pm as authorities tried to manage the following chaos, the official mentioned.
In Sillod, the nominee of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and state minister Abdul Sattar was main by a margin of two,420 towards Suresh Bankar of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) after 29 rounds as per the Election Fee.
As counting was underway, a disorderly crowd of supporters of each candidates gathered exterior the centre, the official mentioned.
“To forestall any untoward incident, police used “delicate” lathi cost to disperse the supporters of the 2 Senas. The scenario is peaceable and underneath management,” a senior official from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar rural police advised
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