India, Jan. 22 -- The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday registered its group with the Konkan divisional commissioner, but faced an early setback with one of its 65 corporators, Sarita Mhaske, remaining absent and reportedly incommunicado.

All the corporators were asked to assemble at Shiv Sena Bhavan for a meeting and were then taken to the Konkan divisional commissioner's office in CBD Belapur in buses. Mhaske, a corporator from Chembur, did not attend the meeting or appear before the authority. Party leaders said that she was in touch.

Mhaske was earlier with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and had joined Sena (UBT) ahead of the civic polls. Before that, she was associated with the BJP.

Senior Sena (UBT) leader Anil P...