Mahesh Gaikwad hit headlines in February this year when he was shot at by BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad inside a police station in Ulhasnagar town of Thane district over an old enmity.

Shiv Sena leader Mahesh Gaikwad suspended for "anti-party" activities during Maharashtra assembly elections.

Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena said that members of the outfit, including Mahesh Gaikwad, engaged in "anti-party" activities and did not abide by directives of the leadership in the current elections.

Kadapa superintendent of police Harshavardhan Raju had to pay the penalty for letting off a social media activist of YSR Congress party Varra Ravindra Reddy from Pulivendula after arresting him in connection with abusive and vulgar postings on chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and others.

SP Harshavardhan Raju transferred, SP Vasana Vidhya Sagar Naidu takes charge in Kadapa district amid political controversy.