Alibag (Raigad dist): The house of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane was set ablaze following a clash between his Shiv Sena activists and NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) workers in which a local leader of the latter was killed in Kankavli town of Sindhudurg district on November 22 night, police said.

The clash broke out over the outcome of the November 14 Kalsuli Gram Panchayat polls in which the slain NCP leader Satyavijay Bhise was elected.

As the news of Bhise's killing spread, NCP supporters gathered in large numbers and torched properties belonging to Sena leaders and supporters.

The furniture in Rane's house and a vehicle parked in the compound were gutted. A fire fighter summoned to douse the blaze was damaged by the mob.

A petrol pump reportedly belonging to Rane was also torched by the mob besides a few shops including one owned by Sena leader Atul Shetye, police said.

Bhise's three associates who sustained serious stab wounds in the clash have been admitted to hospital, police said.

Police have arrested former Shiv Sena chief of Sindhudurg district Rajan Krishna Teli in connection with Bhise's murder, police said.

The situation in the town was tense and Special Reserved Police have been requisitioned to bring the situation under control, police said adding 50 policemen from Raigad district have been rushed to the town.

PTI