MNS leader Jameel Shaikh shot dead in Rabodi area of Thane

A leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) was on Monday shot dead by unidentified persons in Rabodi area here in Maharashtra, a police official said.

Shaikh was the president of a civic ward in Thane. Shaikh's murder is the second case of an MNS member being killed in Thane within a span of a month.

He was murdered in Rabodi locality in the city, located close to Mumra. Police officials have launched an investigation into the case.

On October 28, another leader of the Raj Thackeray-led party was killed in Ambarnath area in the district on Wednesday, the police said. Rakesh Patil, vice president of Ambarnath town unit of the MNS, was attacked with sharp weapons by four men at Palegaon. A badly injured Patil was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors had declared him brought dead.

Further details are awaited.