Expelled Shiv Sena leader Narayan Rane's scheduled rally at Goregaon in suburban Mumbai was called off due to security reasons, official sources said.

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The sources said the situation had turned tense at Dadar in central Mumbai in front of the Sena mouthpiece Saamna office, where Rane held a rally earlier in the day.

"The decision to call off the rally was taken to avoid any untoward incident," sources added.

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The police had earlier conducted a lathicharge following a scuffle between supporters of Rane and Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray at Dadar.