Maharashtra polls: Shrirampur Shiv Sena candidate's car fired at

Three unidentified persons allegedly opened fire at Shiv Sena candidate Bhausaheb Kamble’s car in Maharashtra’s Shrirampur in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.

The three persons riding two motorcycles targeted Kamble’s car near Ashok Sugar Mills on the day of polling. The bullets, however, didn’t hit the car and Kamble, a police official said.

Shrirampur Police in Ahilyanagar district registered an FIR against unidentified persons under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) on a complaint lodged by Kamble, the official said.

Nobody has been arrested so far and the investigation is underway, he added.

Kamble is in the poll arena against Congress’s Hemant Bhujangrao Ogale.