Shiv Sena Leader Shot Dead by Bike-Borne Assailants in Mumbai
46-year-old Sachin Sawant served as a deputy shakha pramukh in the Shiv Sena.
A Shiv Sena leader, Sachin Sawant, was shot dead allegedly by two bike-borne assailants on Sunday, 22 April, in Mumbai’s Kandivali locality.
40-year-old Sawant, who served as a deputy shakha pramukh in the Shiv Sena, was travelling in his car at Gokul Nagar when he was approached by two men on a bike and shot at in the chest, media reports pointed out.
The shooting is said to have taken place around 8 pm. Regarding the incident, a police official was quoted by The Indian Express as saying:
Investigation is underway and the police is in the process of filing a case against two unknown people, who fled the scene soon after the shooting.
According to a report by the Times of India, Sawant had been previously shot at in 2009.
He had been a member of the party for over 20 years, and was going to be elevated to the post of shakha pramukh, the report further indicated.
(More details awaited.)
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