India, June 26 -- Sanjay Patil, one of the six MPs who recently defected from the Shiv Sena (UBT) to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, on Thursday threatened to bomb those protesting against him and later told media persons he would beat them up. Following an uproar, CM Devendra Fadnavis told Shinde to rein Patil in.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut wrote to Mumbai commissioner of police (CP) Deven Bharati, seeking action against Patil for his conduct and a probe into his remarks that five persons were killed when they similarly attacked his father, the late MLA Dina Patil. Late in the evening, Patil apologised for his utterances.

According to Raut, Patil told Sena (UBT) workers that he would "send them straight to the crematori...