India, Dec. 18 -- Three days before the Ambernath Municipal Council elections, two unidentified assailants fired four bullets at the office of a BJP candidate minutes after midnight on Tuesday. The attack, probably aimed at intimidating Pawan Walekar (BJP), who is contesting the December 20 polls, came only hours before chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's scheduled election rally in Ambernath on Wednesday.

Police said the incident, captured on CCTV camera, took place at 12:15 am, when two bike-borne men fired bullets at Walekar's office. CCTV footage suggests the men were in their mid-30s. They dressed in white and were wearing helmets.

The bike stopped outside Walekar's office in Navin Bhendi Pada. The pillion rider, carrying a firearm,...