MUMBAI, 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 said that Khan later went to Azmi's office and allegedly vandalised the premises in retaliation. Members from both sides were detained and an FIR was subsequently registered. Both Azmi and Khan have been arrested, a senior police inspector from Shivajinagar police station confirmed. Khan has been booked for rioting and criminal intimidation. Khan earlier took to social media platform X and alleged that the incident was an attempt to derail the election of the M East ward committee chairperson scheduled for later in the day. Party workers said that AIMIM had a clear majority in the ward committee and was poised to elect its chairperson from the Govandi ward for the first time. One of the arrested individuals was a female party worker of AIMIM. In the FIR, five were unnamed. HT reached out to Saif Pathan and Waris Pathan, the Maharashtra general secretary and national spokesperson of AIMIM respectively. While Saif had no information, Waris did not answer HT's calls....