India, Jan. 15 -- The police have arrested two Shiv Sena leaders accused of assaulting the husband of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate contesting against them in Dombivli East on Monday night.

The arrested accused, Nitin Patil and his brother Ravindra Patil, are contesting from wards in panel No. 29 in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections scheduled for Thursday.

On Tuesday, the police had arrested five people, including the sons of the two Shiv Sena candidates, in connection with the same case. However, Nitin and Ravindra Patil avoided arrest by getting themselves admitted to a hospital after the attack, complaining of hypertension and difficulty in breathing, said a police officer.

The clash occurred late...