India, March 10 -- Tension prevailed in Govandi ahead of the M East ward committee chairperson election on Monday after a late-night altercation between rival political workers led to arrests and heightened security concerns. Ten people were arrested by the Shivajinagar police.

Around 3 am, Samajwadi Party leader Fahad Azmi allegedly went to the residence of Ateeque Khan, Maharashtra general secretary of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and roundly abused him. Azmi accused Khan of directing party workers to post personal and derogatory remarks on Facebook against Azmi's wife Saira Azmi, who also happens to be the former corporator of the ward where Atteque's wife Mehjabeen Khan has been elected this time.

The police sa...