May 15, 2026 07:50 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
ECI announces third phase of SIR; Himachal, J&K, Ladakh excluded for now | Storm fury in Uttar Pradesh: Death toll rises to 89 as rain, gale-force winds leave trail of destruction | Congress ends 10-day suspense, names V.D. Satheesan as new Kerala CM | Delhi woman allegedly gang-raped inside sleeper bus; 2 arrested | Vijay-led TVK wins Tamil Nadu floor test as AIADMK split plays out | Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram | PM Modi halves convoy size after austerity call | Mulayam Singh's younger son Prateek Yadav dies at 38 | Protests erupt in Delhi after NEET UG 2026 cancellation over alleged paper leak | AIADMK cracks widen after Tamil Nadu defeat; faction backs Vijay-led TVK government

Shiv Sena leader stabbed to death in Mumbai

| @indiablooms | Jan 08, 2018, at 06:28 pm

Mumbai, Jan 8 (IBNS) :  Shiv Sena leader  Ashok Sawant  was stabbed to death on Sunday night near his  residence in Mumbai's Kandivali east  by two unknown assailants, media reports said.

A former corporator of Mumbai,  Sawant was attacked  when he was  returning home  in Samta nagar after meeting a friend.

Reports said he was declared dead after being taken to a hospital.

Poice  rushed to the spot of the incident and started an investigation.

Police were also trying to determine if there was a CCTV near the scene of the crime. postmortem.

Media reports said that  Sawant had been in a cable business. .

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

 

Image: youtube

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.