Mumbai police have initiated the process to file a complaint against Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad after a viral video appeared on social media in which the lawmaker is accused of beating up an employee working in a canteen at the Maharashtra Legislature. The video that has led to both people and politicians expressing massive outrage shows the MLA slapping and then punching an employee at a canteen because he was not satisfied with the food there.

The dividing event was hosted in the canteen of Akashvani MLAs, in which Gaikwad can be spotted in a furious mood, confronting the members of the staff. He is depicted as making a few individuals sniff a packet of dal, which he said was low grade, and then beating the canteen contractor. It was not initially filed as a formal complaint when it became viral on social media, but the video was taken up suo motu by the Marine Drive police station.

The attack caused severe criticism from both the opposition and the ruling parties. The Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis described the incident as unacceptable and said that such actions send out a wrong message and bring a bad image to the people who represent the citizens. He instructed the police to initiate their investigation straight away, whether or not a formal complaint had been made or not.

Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde of the Shiv Sena party has also criticized the behaviour of Gaikwad, saying that an individual could not justify such actions even though there might be some valid reason as far as food quality was concerned. He ought to have made a complaint instead of using violence by going through due process, as Shinde said.

During the same time, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) carried out its own check of the canteen and cancelled the licence of the caterer it found its standards on food safety to be in violation. The agency mentioned unhygienic conditions and wrong storage of food among the major issues.

The probe into the behavior of Gaikwad is still active as Mumbai Police takes action.

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