Mumbai Apr 25 PTI Alleging that the Mumbai Police were not taking the attack on BJP leader Kirit Somaiya over the weekend allegedly by Shiv Sainiks seriously Maharashtra opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis has written a letter to the Union Home Secretary claiming the city force was acting like the servants of the Maha Vikas Aghadi governmentIn the letter to Union Home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla dated April 24 Fadnavis urged him to take cognisance of deteriorating law and order in the state and the trampling upon of the basic rights of the opposition leaders and sought strict action in the matterThe Leader of Opposition in the Assembly said Somaiya had informed the Khar police that he was coming to meet independent Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana on Saturday night who were arrested after they insisted on reciting the Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree the private residence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban BandraAfter meeting the duo Somaiya a former MP told the police that he could be attacked and a mob gathered outside the Khar police station in suburban Mumbai where the couple was taken post-arrest be dispersed Fadnavis saidDespite informing the police about the impending threat it did not disperse the crowd and the attack on Somaiya took place the former chief minister saidKirit Somaiya has been provided Z security cover by the Centre Despite this the Mumbai or Maharashtra Police was not serious about his security This is the third attack on him The Mumbai Police the best force in the country is working like servants of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government he said in the strongly-worded letterThe MVA government is led by the Shiv Sena and also comprises the Congress and the NCPA BJP delegation from Maharashtra met Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in New Delhi on Monday and urged him to form a special investigation team SIT to probe the alleged assault on Somaiya and review his security arrangementsMeanwhile the Mumbai Police on Monday afternoon arrested four Shiv Sena members including former city Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar for allegedly vandalising Somaiyas carAccording to a Khar police station official besides Mahadeshwar those arrested included former Shiv Sena corporator Haji Haleem Khan and party activist Dinesh KunalThey were charged with rioting as they allegedly hurled stones at Somaiyas car PTI PR RSY RSY