NCP-Ajit Pawar faction leader Sachin Kurmi murdered in Mumbai
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) leader Sachin Kurmi was murdered by unidentified men with a sharp-edged weapon in Mumbai's Byculla area on Saturday.
Sachin Kurmi, 45, was the Byculla Vidhan Sabha taluka president of the NCP. Kurmi was reportedly attacked with a sharp weapon on the chest, neck, hands, and stomach.
"This incident happened around 12:30 in midnight. As soon as the police got information about the incident, police reached the spot, and took injured Sachin to the nearby JJ Hospital, where the doctor declared Kurmi dead after checking. The police took the body into their custody and sent it for a post-mortem," Mumbai Police told news agency ANI.
Police noted that it was not yet clear who attacked Kurmi and are investigating if the murder was the fallout of any political rivalry or over any personal issues.
Police have registered a murder case and further investigation is underway.
The incident comes at a time when the state is gearing up for the upcoming assembly elections and both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi are in Maharashtra today.
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Pune court summons Rahul Gandhi in Savarkar defamation case
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