Nationalist Congress Social gathering (NCP) chief and three-time MLA Baba Siddique was shot lifeless by three individuals in Bandra East on Saturday night, the newest in a string of assaults which have taken place in Mumbai within the final yr, elevating questions in regards to the law-and-order scenario within the metropolis.
Whereas 5 firings have taken place in Mumbai metropolis up to now yr, one main assault had occurred in Thane when a BJP MLA shot at a Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) celebration employee inside a police station.
On October 5, NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) chief Sachin Kurni was stabbed to loss of life close to his residence in Byculla. The police had arrested three individuals within the case and mentioned that Kurni was killed over a dispute concerning an RTI software filed by the deceased.
On April 14 this yr, henchmen from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang had fired outdoors the Bandra residence of actor Salman Khan, with a number of bullets even ending up inside his home. The assault got here regardless of the Bollywood actor having excessive safety close to his residence.
Every week previous to that, on April 7, a firing incident had taken place on account of a monetary dispute wherein an accused, recognized as Vijay Shettiar, fired on one Akash Kadam within the Antop Hill space. Shettiar was later arrested from Dombivli.
On February 8 this yr, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Abhishek Ghosalkar was shot over a private dispute within the Dahisar space in Mumbai by one Maurice Noronha. The firing was additionally streamed dwell on Fb.
Just a few days previous to that, on February 2, an incident occurred contained in the Hill Line police station. BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad had gone to the police station, alongside together with his supporters, to debate a dispute over land issues. It’s then that Mahesh Gaikwad, a Shinde Sena celebration employee, too, reached there to debate issues associated to the identical piece of land.
The 2 teams began combating following which Gaikwad allegedly took out his licensed revolver and fired at two individuals, together with Mahesh Gaikwad, contained in the senior inspector’s cabin. The video of the incident had gone viral.
In December final yr, native gangster Sumit Yerunkar was shot lifeless and 4 others injured, together with an eight-year-old lady. The native police made arrests within the case and mentioned {that a} builder and a rival gangster had been behind the firing.
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