Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): Maharashtra police on Sunday arrested Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Sangram Jagtap with three others after two local Shiv Sena leaders were murdered in Ahmednagar's Kedgaon area hours after result of a civic bypoll was announced on Saturday.
NCP MLA Sangram Jagtap was arrested along with Sandeep Gunjal, Balasaheb Kotkar and Bhanudas Kotkar, police said. Gunjal is the prime suspect. The Ahmednagar police booked the four under various sections of the Indian penal code (IPC) including Section 302 for murder.
In what seems to be a suspected case of political rivalry, two Shiv Sena leaders were shot dead in Ahmednagar's Kedgaon area on Saturday. According to the police, the shooting occurred between 6 and 6.15 p.m on Saturday . Sanjay Kotkar, Deputy Chief of the city unit, and party leader Vasant Thube, were attacked by two people.
"Sanjay Kotkar and Vasant Anand Thube were killed when they were shot from point blank range by two men on a motorcycle after the result of a civic bypoll in the Ahmednagar area was announced," a police official said.
A large number of Shiv Sainiks gathered in the area after the incident, resulting in vandalism and stone pelting. Shops were closed while residents stayed indoors following violent protests. A number of private vehicles and some police transport vans were damaged in the mob fury, according to reports.
Police personnel reached the Shahunagar locality to pacify incensed party workers. The police had earlier said it was probing to find out the identities of the motorcycle-borne assailants. "The CCTV of the area is being scoured and we are in the process of identifying the shooters," a police officer said.
The result of the bypoll was announced on Saturday by state election commission officials. The Congress' Vishal Kotkar defeated the Sena's Vijay Pathare by a thin margin of 454 votes.
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