Mumbai/IBNS, July 9 -- In another shocking incident of thuggery, a Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) lawmaker in Maharashtra assaulted a staff at MLA canteen over the quality of food served to him, media reports said.

The incident, which occurred at the Akashvani MLA canteen in Mumbai's Churchgate, was video recorded.

The viral video shows Sanjay Gaikwad, who had ordered a thali, walked into the canteen in a towel and vest and started asking the staff who had made the daal.

When he got hold of Yogesh Kutran, who prepared the daal, Gaikwad asked him to smell it and immediately slapped him thrice.

Then the MLA punched Yogesh so hard that he fell down on the floor. Other canteen staff had also agreed that the daal was poor.

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