Maha civic polls: Shiva Sena aspirant swallows 'A & B form' of fellow party candidate

PUNE: A Shiv Sena campaigner from the Dhankawdi-Sahakarnagar ward of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was booked connected Wednesday aft helium allegedly swallowed the A and B signifier of different enactment subordinate astatine the ward bureau successful the afternoon.Assistant predetermination serviceman and nayab tehsildar Manisha Bhutkar filed a ailment with the Bharati Vidyapeeth police, aft which a lawsuit was registered against the campaigner nether sections 132 (assault oregon usage of transgression unit against a nationalist servant) and 324 (mischief) of BNS.

Senior inspector Rahul Khilare said the enactment initially issued the signifier to enactment idiosyncratic Machindra Dhawale, who submitted the information documents for Ward 36 A.

Later, different AB signifier was issued to the accused, who besides filed his documents connected Tuesday.“The accused visited the ward bureau connected Wednesday and requested the record containing campaigner lists and forms. After receiving the file, helium pulled retired Dhawale’s signifier and tried to teardrop it. When officials intervened, helium fled toward the washroom and swallowed the form. The papers could not beryllium recovered,” Khilare said.