BJP Yuva Morcha leader, cousin hacked to death in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi

Both of them sustained serious wounds and were rushed to the Spectrum Hospital in Anjur Phata, where they were declared dead.

The vice-president of the BJP Yuva Morcha’s Thane unit, Prafulla Tangdi, and his cousin were killed in a gruesome attack by a few unidentified individuals on Monday night.

BJP Yuva Morcha’s Thane unit, Prafulla Tangdi, was attacked once earlier, about a year ago, the police said. (Representational Image)

The youth leader’s brother told the police that Tangdi had disputes with several people over real estate dealings and suspected that someone with a long-standing enmity might have attacked.

According to the police, the incident occurred when the vice president of Thane Rural district unit of the BJP Yuva Morcha, Prafulla Tangdi, 40, and his cousin Tejas Tangdi, 20, were leaving their real estate firm JDT Enterprises' office on the Kharbav-Chinchoti Road in Khardi village, Bhiwandi taluka, at 11:00 pm on Monday and were attacked by a few unidentified individuals, armed with swords and knives.

Both of them sustained serious wounds and were rushed to the Spectrum Hospital in Anjur Phata, where they were declared dead. Their bodies have been sent to the Swargiya Indira Gandhi Sub-District Hospital for postmortem, the police said.

Senior inspector Harshavardhan Barve of the Bhiwandi Taluka police station said, “We are examining CCTV footage of the incident spot and obtaining technical data to identify the attackers.”

Prafulla was attacked once earlier, about a year ago, the police said.