Mumbai Police claims 'some kind of rivalry' between Ghosalkar and assailant

Amid the Opposition fury over the killing of Shiv Sena UBT leader Abhishek Ghosalkar in full public glare in Mumbais Dahisar the Crime Branch on Friday claimed a rivalry between the victim and his assailant reported news agency ANIShiv Sena UBT leader shot dead Further investigation by the Crime Branch is underwayGhosalkar was shot dead by a lone assailant whom the police identified as Mauris Noronha in the Dahisar area He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuriesLater the assailant Noronha too shot himself dead according to the police reported ANISpeaking to ANI DCP Crime Branch Raj Tilak Roushan said There was an incident of firing in the jurisdiction of MHB police station in which two persons died Further investigation by the Crime Branch is underway We are also in the process of registering an FIR in the matter We will also probe if the assailant had a valid licence for the firearm used for the crime The matter is being probed from all anglesThe officers from the Crime Branch are carrying out the probe Prima facie it seems there was some kind of a rivalry between these two and the killing may have been a fallout of the same the DCP Crime Branch added reported ANIShiv Sena UBT leader shot dead Case handed over to Crime BranchMumbai Police informed earlier that the Dahisar firing case had been handed over to the Crime Branch reported ANIWe received information about firing and immediately reached the spot Both the injured persons the victim and the assailant were rushed to a hospital However both succumbed to their injuries A detailed investigation is underway into the incident Forensic Samples are being collected and the matter is being investigated from all angles An FIR is being registered and the case has been handed over to the Crime Branch DCP Datta Nalawade told reporters earlier reported ANIMeanwhile Mumbai Police said it had not issued any licenced firearm to the assailant Noronha reported ANIThe mortal remains of the deceased Sena UBT leader were taken to the staterun JJ Hospital for a postmortem reported ANIShiv Sena UBT leader shot dead Two separate cases registeredThe city police stated further that two separate cases were being registered in the Dahisar firing incident One FIR is being filed for the murder of Shiv Sena UBT leader Abhishek Ghosalkar and another ADR Accidental Death Report for the death by suicide of Mauris Noronha Mumbai Police said in a statement reported ANIThe incident evoked fury from several Opposition leaders in the state with Sena UBT leader and MP Sanjay Raut demanding the resignation of CM Shinde and his deputy Devendra FadnavisShiv Sena UBT leader shot dead Maharashtra has seen lawlessness like never beforeTearing 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 regimesClaiming 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 absentTaking to his official X handle Raut posted There is a reign of goons in Maharashtra Mauris Noronha who shot Abhishek Ghosalkar four days ago was at the CMs bungalow The chief minister met himMauris was invited to join the Shinde Sena Devendra Fadnavis has proved to be a complete failure as Home Minister He must resign Raut claimed in his postMaharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole said the incident marks the beginning of Jungle Raj in the state reported ANISignificantly this was the second such incident this monthIn a similar incident earlier BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad allegedly opened fire at Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde faction leader Mahesh Gaikwad at Hill Line Police Station in Ulhasnagar triggering sharp reactions from Opposition leadersWith inputs from ANI