Caught On CCTV: Bike-Borne Killers Attack Pune Ex Corporator, He Dies
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Vanraj Andekar died after he was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. The attack, it appears, was a fallout of personal enmity. Mr Andekar was associated with the NCP before the party split and the Pune civic body was brought under the state administrator.
A former corporator of Pune Municipal Corporation and an NCP leader of the Ajit Pawar faction has been killed after he was attacked by a group of bike-borne men in the city's Nana Peth area last night.
Vanraj Andekar died after he was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. The attack, it appears, was a fallout of personal enmity. Mr Andekar was a corporator before the Pune civic body was brought under the state government-appointed administrator.
Visuals captured by a CCTV camera show at least 12 men on six two-wheelers reach Mr Andekar's premises. They are seen brandishing firearms. The former corporator was alone at the time.
"Five rounds were fired at Vanraj Andekar. He was also attacked with long-blade sickles. He was brought dead to KEM Hospital. As per the primary information, Andekar suffered multiple sharp weapon injuries. Further details will be given in due course," said Joint Commissioner of Police Ranjan Kumar Sharma.
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