The race to the upcoming municipal elections just got bloody. Unknown assailants shot and stabbed Bhiwandi Congress corporator Manoj Mhatre to his death on February 14. Cops have registered a murder case after Mhatre succumbed to his injuries.

A report in this paper stated that the assailants ambushed Mhatre after his driver dropped him off near his home at around 9 pm. The assailants fired two rounds and attacked him with sharp weapons before fleeing the scene.
According to the cops, one of the bullets hit him on his back.