Author: Ram Parmar
Publication: The Mumbai Mirror
Date: January 3, 2008
URL: http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=2&contentid=20080103200801030255226564060da2d&pageno=1
A senior Shiv Sena leader was brutally beaten
to death by a group of people after he tried to prevent them from teasing
a girl during a circus show at Jawhar on the New Year night.
Following the murder of Ganesh Chaudhary,
32, president of Shiv Sena's Jawhar unit, the town remained tensed as vandals
set afire shops belonging to the minority community.
Chaudhary, who had gone to the Kamal Circus
to watch the show, said he saw a group of seven people from the audience began
harassing a girl. When Chaudhary intervened, the group got into a heated argument
with the Sena leader and kicked him in his private parts, causing fatal injuries.
Chaudhary was admitted to the Cottage Hospital,
Jawhar and was discharged after a few hours, as he had responded to the treatment.
However, around 1.30 am on Wednesday, his condition worsened and he was readmitted
to the hospital where he died.
The news of this death spread like wildfire
and a furious mob stormed the streets and set ablaze 10 shops. About 100 policemen
were deployed to bring the situation under control.
Police inspector Shantaram Nipunke said the
police had identified three of them as Ali Shaikh, 28, Mohammed Ahmed Shaikh,
19 and Shabbir Shaikh, 23.
They have been arrested and would be produced
at the Jawhar court on Thursday. Chaudhary is survived by his parents, wife
and a seven-month-old daughter.
