Sena groups split over assault issue

Vaant Manbhav, who filed a case at the Panchavati police station, stated that Sunil Bagul was one of the persons who attacked her though the police officials refused to register a case against him.

Subsequently, Sunil Bagul and Sena men of the Gholap camp announced that Manbhav was incompetent and she would be asked to resign. This has irked the anti-Gholap camp, with MP Rajabhau Godse publicly warning Gholap8217;s aides against clamouring for her resignation and bullying her. Manbhav had earlier even contacted the Sena Supremo Balasaheb Thackeray seeking justice on the issue.

Meanwhile the equations in the party are thus 8211; district president Vinayak Pande, city president Data Gaikwad, vice-president of the district Sunil Bagul are in Gholap8217;s camp.

At the same time, Mayor Vasant Gite and district president of Vidyarthi Sena and regional chief of Shiv Udyog Sena, Abhay Ugaonkar, are known Godse lieutenants.