Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader dies after being shot in Dahisar

Updated On: 09 February, 2024 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan

Mauris Noronha invites Uddhav faction leader Vinod Ghosalkar’s son, Abhishek, to his office on the pretext of sharing the stage for a charitable drive, where he allegedly shoots him before turning the gun on himself

The first bullet hits Ghosalkar (right) After the subsequent bullets hit Ghosalkar

In an incident livestreamed on Facebook, an aspiring corporator, allegedly shot at his opponent and then died by suicide at I C Colony in Dahisar on Thursday evening. The deceased are Mauris Noronha, a local resident of I C Colony who moved to Mumbai from Los Angeles a few years ago, and Abhishek Ghosalkar, a former corporator from Ward number 1 of BMC and also a resident of I C Colony. Both were rushed to Karuna Hospital in Borivli where they were declared dead. Ghosalkar’s father Vinod Ghosalkar is an ex-MLA belonging to Shiv Sena (UBT).

Mauris Noronha and Abhishek Ghosalkar, on a Facebook Live event minutes before the shooting