India, Jan. 24 -- A day after the Bombay High Court came down heavily on the Maharashtra Government for failing take action in the Mahad poll violence. Shiv Sena Minister Bharat Gogawale's son Vikas Gogawale surrendered before the police in the case.

The State Government on Friday told the court that Vikas Gogawale had turned himself in before the Mahad police in connection with the clash that broke out during the municipal council elections in Raigad district.

The High Court on Thursday ticked off the state Government, asking whether the rule of law exists in the state, and if the Chief Minister is too "helpless" to take action against a cabinet minister whose son has evaded arrest for weeks. Advocate General Milind Sathe on Friday sub...