Ex-history sheeter stabbed to death

PUNE, Sept 22: Vilas Lonkar, a 22-year-old reformed history-sheeter from Yerawada was murdered by four persons at Maharashtra Housing Boa...

PUNE, Sept 22: Vilas Lonkar, a 22-year-old reformed history-sheeter from Yerawada was murdered by four persons at Maharashtra Housing Board Colony in Yerawada on Monday.

Lonkar was standing in front of building number L-35 in the colony when Prafulla alias Pappu Ranpise (26), Ahmed Kutiyal (24), his brother Nabab (22) and Pravin alias Parya Thorat (21) stabbed him with swords, the police said.

A large number of horrified residents chose to remain silent as Lonkar was attacked around 9.25 a.m. Nobody dared rescue him, the police said. The four assailants fled after attacking Lonkar.

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Lonkar’s friend Vidyasagar Kanetkar rushed the injured history-sheeter to Sassoon Hospital where he died in the afternoon, they added.

The assailants were arrested after Kanetkar lodged a First Information Report (FIR) at Yerawada police station on Monday afternoon.

The FIR alleged that they had killed Lonkar over previous rivalry. Lonkar, whose involvement was suspected in some assault cases and an attempted murder, was working under a vegetable vendor for the last few days, the police said.

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