Pune Former Corporator Murdered

A former corporator of Pune Municipal Corporation and an NCP leader of the Ajit Pawar faction has been killed after he was attacked by a group of bike-borne men in the city's Nana Peth area last night.

Police detained today a 17-year- old boy from Pune in connection with the killing of former Shiv Sena corporator Ashok Sawant in suburban Kandivli. The minor was picked up from Pune yesterday and after being questioned, the Samata Nagar police here took him into custody, an official said.

A former corporator of Pune Municipal Corporation and an NCP leader of the Ajit Pawar faction has been killed after he was attacked by a group of bike-borne men in the city's Nana Peth area last night.

Police detained today a 17-year- old boy from Pune in connection with the killing of former Shiv Sena corporator Ashok Sawant in suburban Kandivli. The minor was picked up from Pune yesterday and after being questioned, the Samata Nagar police here took him into custody, an official said.