Shiv Sena ZP member beheaded, five arrested

NAGPUR: Five persons have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of a Shiv Sena leader and member of Nagpur Zilla Parishad at Tarsa near Mouda near here, police said on Monday.

Gopal Lohbare (40), who was going in his car last night, was stopped on Tarsa-Chacher road by some four to five unidentified persons who attacked him with swords, police said, adding his head was severed in the attack.

Lohbare, Sarpanch of Tarsa Panchayat Samiti for the last 10-years, was instrumental in exposing corruption.

Tension prevailed in the area which has a sizeable Shiv Sena following.