A Shiv Sena corporator, Tukaram Mahatre, and his supporter, Bandya Mhatre, have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a journalist in front of a policeman in Badlapur.

Mahesh Kamat who runs local newspaper in Badlapur, alleged that on Friday afternoon when he was planning to go to a police station after a bus driver hit his car near, Tukaram and his supporter reached the spot and started beating him with a bamboo. Both also allegedly damaged his car. Kamat alleged he was assaulted as he exposed corruption by Tukaram's elder brother Waman Mhatre, president of Badlapur-Kulgaon Municipal council. He said that after the attack, someone set his car on fire.