The incident took place in suburban Vile Parle (West) on Saturday but the FIR was registered today.
The accused, Sunil Mahadik, allegedly hit Chetan Geveriya (28), who works at Trupti Sweet and Farsan Mart on D J Road, with a bamboo stick, police said.
A day ago, Mahadik had sent another person to the shop demanding 100 vada pavs, a popular street-food here, free of cost. Chetan told him that they didn't have so much stock, so the person left.
Geveria said Mahadik should speak to the owner of the shop first. Irked, Mahadik himself went to the shop and hit Geveria with a bamboo stick and threatened to kill him, police said.
Geveria, though not seriously injured, was taken to Cooper hospital in Juhu, police said.
The incident was captured by the CCTV cameras in the shop and Juhu police registered an FIR. The footage was also aired by some local news channels. Mahadik was arrested and a local court sent him to police custody.
attack on them and that one of the party workers was kicked by BJD leaders on his face and chest after he fell down, BJD leaders in their FIR said they had to act in self defence.
Condemning the incident, BJP spokesperson Sajjan Sharma said it was an inhuman and undemocratic act by the BJD.
"We were protesting in a democratic way. They suddenly came out of their cars and attacked our workers. Three of our workers were injured in the attack," said Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Boudh president Narayan Karmi.
"A team of the BJP legislature party led by K V Singhdeo will visit the spot at Manamunda in Boudh district tomorrow to take stock of the situation," BJP general secretary Prithivraj Harichandan said.
BJD MLA from Begunia Prashant Jagdev, who led the charge against protesting BJP workers, however, gave a different account of the incident.
"In the name of showing black flags, the BJP activists wanted to kill us. All we did was to act in self defence," he said.
The BJP has said its supporters would demonstrate in front of government offices in Boudh tomorrow.