Two persons allegedly assaulted a man at Dharur in Maharashtra's Beed district for watching the news about Minister Dhananjay Munde and his close aide Walmik Karad on his phone, the police said on Thursday.

The accused also allegedly threatened that the man would meet the same fate as Beed Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh of Massajog village in Maharashtra, news agency PTI reported. The incident took place on Wednesday in Ramai Chowk area at Tarnali in Dharur, the home turf of Munde.