India, Jan. 16 -- Amid the ongoing vote counting for 227 wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Shirsat accused the police force of allegedly wounding the party workers in a lathi charge at the counting centre established at the Government Engineering College in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

This comes as a dispute reportedly broke out over granting entry to Shiv Sena workers. The verbal spat between them and the police escalated quickly. As the situation spiralled out of control, the police reportedly resorted to a lathi charge, in which the party workers reportedly sustained injuries, leading to further chaos at the centre.

Speaking to the media from the counting centre, the Minister called for...