Bengaluru, Jan 14: A gang of five unidentified men opened fire at a Ramanagar CMC councillor and hacked him to death in the broad daylight in Ramanagar town on Tuesday.
The victim was identified as H Mohammad Nizam Pasha (35), a Congress councillor of Topkhana Mohalla (ward number 13). The police suspect old rivalry behind the murder. A massive manhunt has been launched to nab the assailants.
œThe initial probe indicated that Nizam Pasha, who was a rowdy-sheeter, was murdered over an old rivalry. There are definite leads and we will arrest the accused soon, Ramanagar Superintendent of Police Dr Chandragupta said.
In a complaint, the slain Nizam Pasha's relative Younis Pasha has said that rowdy Samad and his associates have murdered the councillor. Nizam Pasha and his associates had allegedly murdered Abdul Jabbar in 2008. Jabbar's aides have settled the scores by eliminating Nizam Pasha, the police suspected.
After attending the funeral procession of MMU Trust founder Syed Muneer's relative Syed Jamshed, Nizam Pasha went to the CMC office along with his friend Mir Jaan to help the latter get a khata of a property. The duo then proceeded towards the house of Nizam Pasha's brother Parvez to take part in a ritual on a bike.
Two unidentified men came on a bike and collided with Mir Jaan's bike near Bescom office. Three more joined the duo on bike. One of them pumped three bullets into Nizam Pasha's body while others hacked the councillor with sharp weapons.
Nizam sustained massive injuries on his head, face, chest and abdomen and bled to death on the spot, said the police.
On being alerted, the jurisdictional police rushed to the spot and shifted the body to Ramanagar government hospital where post mortem was conducted.
Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, Chamarajapet MLA BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, former MLA C M Lingappa and a battalion of local leaders visited the hospital.
The slain councillor Nizam Pasha was detained under the Goonda Act two years ago. The police had also detained Samad, the prime suspect in councillor's murder case, a couple of years ago, the police added.
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