7 injured in Sena-Cong workers clash in Mumbai

Mumbai: Seven persons, including three policemen, were injured when workers of the Shiv Sena and the Congress allegedly clashed outside Dadar Railway station in Mumbai to pocket credit for a new train service, prompting police to baton charge them.

"Sena activists and supporters of Congress leader Narayan Rane gathered outside the station last night claiming credit for the new local train service with both the parties calling it their achievement. This lead to heated arguments and subsequent clashes between both the party workers as they began pelting stones at each other," said Senior Police Inspector at Matunga Railway Station Sunil Deshmukh.

Police cane charged workers to disperse them and quell violence. A rioting case has been registered following the incident, he said.

The Railways have announced 14 special trains between Mumbai and Sawantwadi in Konkan region beginning on Tuesday ahead of the ten-day Ganeshotsav, as large number of devotees go to Sawantwadi to worship the deity.