BJP MLA Krishna Khopde’s son gets into bar fight, friend killed in Nagpur

Shubham Mahakalkar (23) was stabbed to death allegedly by bar owner Sunny Bambratwar’s brother Shobhit and his accomplices. Shubham had arrived at the scene after a distress call from Abhilash Khopde, who had a fight with Sunny and his staffers over delay in service at the bar. Shubham had gone there along with Khopde’s second son, Rohit.

Abhilash had also reportedly injured Sunny by hitting him on the head with a cold drink bottle, and had allegedly ransacked the bar with his accomplices. Shubham, who was killed later, was not involved in the scuffle, sources said.

The murder took place 500 metres from the bar, where the police had arrived after Sunny’s call. Shobhit and his accomplices,
who came to the spot after the brawl inside the bar, left the spot after seeing the police and started looking for Abhilash and his friends. They managed to zero in on Rohit and his friends and attacked them, police sources said. Another youth
Akshay Khandare was also grievously injured in the attack.

Shobhit has been booked for Shubham’s murder. The area is within the one-km radius of the CM’s house and has turned out to be one of the city’s crime hotspots over the last two years, with at least three incidents of firing and four murders taking place.