Mumbai, July 4: Congress MLA Nitesh Rane has seemingly taken cue from BJP counterpart Akash Vijayvargiya, as he unleashed a similar assault on a government official on bridge near the Mumbai-Goa Highway. The engineer, who was put to blame by Rane and his aides for the scores of potholes on the bridge, attacked him with mud.

The incident was reported in Kankavli, located in Sindhudurg district of southern Maharashtra. The state official who was attacked has been identified as Prakash Shedekar. Modi Pulls Up BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya: 'Not Concerned Whose Son He Is, Such Behaviour Intolerable'

As per the video clip which went viral, Rane and his men could be seen hecking the engineer and throwing mud on him using a bucket. They subsequently tied him on the bridge up using a rope.

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Opposition has condemned the incident, with former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar calling for strict action against Rane for taking law into his own hands.

Notably, Rane is the son of former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane. The latter, who had quit Congress in 2017 and joined the BJP, has now disassociated from the saffron camp.

The assault of government official by Rane Jr comes days after Akash Vijayvargiya, the son of BJP veteran Kailash Vijayvargiya, attacked an official of the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) using a cricket bat.

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