Mumbai Notes

In today8217;s elections following candidates made it to the panel: Rajan Chaudhari and Bhagwan Bhandari of Shiv Sena; Ram Parwani of BJP; Jyoti Kalani and Kishore Wanwari of UPP; Thakur Behrani and Kanta Gajwani of Congress and Independent candidate Narayan Punjabi. While the break-up of the existing members is as follows: Pammi Kumar Achnani and Bhagwati Rupchandani of BJP; Naresh Yadav RPI; Sunita Rajwani, Bhimsen More, Laxmi Sasane Shiv Sena and Laxmi Lund and Prabhunath Gupta of UPP.

Shakeel gangster shot dead

A member of the Chhota Shakeel gang was gunned down in a police encounter at Worli late on Thursday night. Ona tip-off police laid a trap at Golibar Naka. Gangster Nassir Hussein and an associate arrived on a motor cycle. When the police ordered them to surrender, the gangster allegedly began shooting in the direction of the police, who retaliated fatally injuring Hussain. His accomplice managed to escape.