On Sunday, Army PRO Lt. Col. Devender Anand of the Jammu-based Army said that the two militants' apprehension was due to "security forces helping villagers in organising themselves into Village Defence Committees and offering them training to operate and shoot firearms."
Eknath Shinde referred to two of his children who had passed away and cried up as he described what he claimed were threats against his family as a result of his mutiny.
With 164 votes in his favour in the 288-member legislature, Narwekar defeated Rajan Salvi, a candidate for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.