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Shooter held from Lucknow for killing MNS leader in Thane; claims that the killing contract was given by NCP leader
ByVallabh OzarkarVallabh Ozarkar / Updated: Apr 3, 2021, 23:04 IST
The
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader
Jameel Shaikh in November last year in a broad daylight in Rabodi area of Thane.
It has been revealed that it was a contract killing and the police have claimed that the murder was carried out on the orders of Najibullah, a Thane Maharashtra NCP leader and corporator.
The arrested accused identified as Irfan Sonu is a resident of Gulariha s Kheria in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He was arrested by the UP STF in Lucknow on Saturday afternoon.