Man who shot Ghosalkar had met CM Shinde four days ago: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday claimed that Mauris Noronha who shot dead party leader Abhishek Ghosalkar had met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at his official residence only four days ago reported news agency PTINoronha ended his own life after the shocking incident which took place in suburban Dahisar in the evening and was captured in a Facebook Live videoShiv Sena UBT leader shot dead Shinde had invited Noronha to join his partyIn a post on X Sanjay Raut tweeted a photograph purportedly showing Noronha with chief minister ShindeThe Shiv Sena UBT Rajya Sabha member also claimed that Shinde had invited Noronha to join his partyVarsha the official residence of the chief minister has become a den of mobsters and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who also holds the home portfolio has failed miserably and should resign Raut saidShiv Sena UBT leader shot dead There is a reign of goons in MaharashtraTearing into the Eknath Shindeled NDA government in the state after Shiv Sena UBT leader Abhishek Ghosalkar was shot dead in Mumbai on Thursday former minister and party leader Aaditya Thackeray said such lawlessness never prevailed under previous regimes reported news agency ANIClaiming a total breakdown of law and order under the current dispensation Aaditya Thackeray took to his official X handle to post Maharashtra has seen lawlessness like never before It is shocking beyond words to see the lawandorder situation fail as it has today Does the system exist at all to protect the common man Does fear of the law exist Administration has fully crumbled to being absentShiv Sena UBT leader shot dead Ghosalkar shot dead during a Facebook LiveAbhishek Ghosalkar a former corporator was shot dead during a Facebook Live by Noronha a social activist during a program at Noronhas office police said reported PTINoronha then shot himself dead while Ghosalkar succumbed to bullet injuries at a hospital in north Mumbai police said reported PTIGhosalkar and Noronha had personal enmity but the Facebook Live was to clarify that they had come together ending their bitterness for the betterment of the IC Colony area in Borivli an official said reported PTIShiv Sena UBT leader shot dead Case handed over to Mumbai Police Crime BranchMeanwhile Mumbai Police said it had not issued any licenced firearm to the assailant Noronha reported ANIThe weapon used in the firing incident in the Dahisar area is suspected to be an illegal firearm No arms licence was issued to Morris by the Mumbai Police The case involving the murder of Abhishek Ghosalkar has been handed over to the Mumbai Police Crime Branch Further investigation is underway the Mumbai Police said in a statement reported ANIThe mortal remains of the deceased Shiv Sena UBT leader were taken to the staterun JJ Hospital for a postmortem reported ANIAbhishek was the son of Vinod Ghosalkar a senior leader of the Uddhav Thackerayled partyChief Minister Shinde said a probe is being launched into the incidentWith inputs from PTI and ANI