Mumbai: Two suspects arrested in connection with murder of ex-Sena corporator

A former Shiv Sena corporator was killed by unidentified assailants in Mumbai on Sunday night. ANI has reported quoting the Zonal DCP that two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of ex-corporator Ashok Sawant. The vehicle used for the heinous crime has also been seized by the Mumbai police. 

Ashok Sawant, 62, a two-term corporator from Samata Nagar in suburban Kandivli, was attacked with choppers while he was returning home after meeting a friend around 11 pm on Sunday. 

He was rushed to a nearby hospital in Kandivli but was declared dead on arrival.  “Two men, who had been waiting in a vehicle outside his house in Sur building in Samta Nagar, accosted him and attacked him with choppers before fleeing,” according to reports.  Media reports said that the deceased had entered a cable business and had been receiving extortion calls for the last few days.

Sawant is survived by his wife, son and two daughters.

With agency inputs