The Maharashtra government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the attack on anti-toll tax campaigner and veteran CPI leader Govind Pansare and his wife. The couple had been shot at by motorcycle-borne youths while they were out for a morning walk in Maharashtra's Kolhapur this morning.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he was "deeply shocked" by the attack. "I have spoken to the district authorities. Police are on the lookout for those who are behind this crime," he told NDTV.
Police said the unknown assailants had fired four rounds at them from a close range. Mr Pansare, who has been admitted to a local hospital, is in a critical condition. Late on Monday evening, five persons were questioned in the case.
The 82-year-old lawyer had been a well-known anti-toll tax campaigner and is the third to be targeted in this manner.
The Maharashtra government had announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information on Dabholkar's killers, but the case is yet to be solved.
Former Union minister Sharad Pawar called the attack an attempt to "muzzle voices" that stand for their ideology.
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