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MUMBAI: Police have registered an FIR against Congress 's Maharashtra MLA Nitesh Rane for assaulting an engineer and pouring mud on him near the Mumbai-Goa highway on Thursday.

Nitesh, son of former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane , and his supporters threw mud on an engineer while they were inspecting the highway for potholes.

Rane was reportedly upset with the engineer over the poor condition of the road.

The video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows Rane's supporters dumping buckets of mud on Prakash Shedekar at a bridge near the highway in Kankavali. They later tried to tie the engineer to the bridge.

In the video, Rane can be heard threatening the engineer and saying, “Shall I show you how we get dirty in the mud? You are wearing clean clothes, you came in an air conditioned car and we are here in dirt.”

He then points at the mud and says to his supporters, “Throw this on his head ... now do you understand ... Now I will show you.. I will take you in my car and throw you in the mud.”

After outrage from all quarters against the incident, Nitesh's father Narayan Rane said, "I have told him that it is wrong. We will apologise to the government official."

The incident comes days after BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of senior leader Kailash Vijayavargiya, was caught on camera assaulting a civic official in Indore with a cricket bat.



In Video: Congress MLA Nitesh Rane instigates mob to throw mud water on engineer, tie him up as 'punishment' for bad roads