A group of striking employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) attacked Silver Oak, the residence of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Friday, accusing him of being the roadblock in the State government fulfilling their demands.
While Mr. Pawar called for peace and said he stood with the striking employees, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil ordered an inquiry into the incident and the intelligence failure of Mumbai Police. “The attack on Sharad Pawar’s house seems to be pre-planned. Whether certain invisible hands are behind this will be probed,” Mr. Walse-Patil said.
More than a hundred protesters had turned up at the house, breaking barricades, hurling bottles and shoes, and trying to barge in. Mr. Pawar’s daughter and Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule tried to placate the protesters and appealed for peace.
