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RTI activist stabbed 27 times to death in Kandivli, 2 held -Nitasha Natu

-The Times of India

MUMBAI: An RTI activist was stabbed to death 27 times on a Kandivli (W) street on Tuesday night by two men. Within 12 hours, the Kandivli police solved the case with the arrest of both the accused from Nashik.

The deceased, Kapurchand Gupta, was also an office-bearer of the hawkers' association. Gupta was targeted by the key accused as he was trying to wean away customers from the latter's money-lending business. The incident took place around 10.10pm on MG Road when Gupta and a colleague, Yogesh Gaud (23) were travelling on a motorcycle. A Maruti Zen followed them and eventually rammed into the bike. One of the two occupants of the car stepped out and started stabbing Gupta with a chopper. As Gaud attempted to intervene, the attacker tried to stab him as well. Gaud, who sustained minor injuries, fled the spot. The attacker continued to stab Gupta till he died. The police later took Gupta to Bhagwati Hospital where doctors said he had sustained 27 wounds on his back, head, waist, legs, thighs and private parts.

"Gaud identified the accused as Shivprasad Kesari (37) and Shivkumar Bharadwaj (42). We sent our officers to their homes but the duo had left the city. Kesari and Bharadwaj's initial plan was to drive down to Gujarat but their car broke down. The duo then took a bus to Nashik. Meanwhile, our officers tracked down the duo's cellphone location and reached Nashik. The duo was detained at 10am on Wednesday," said ACP Jaywant Hargude.

Kesari used to lend money to hawkers. The police said Gupta had been advising hawkers against taking loans from Kesari. This dented Kesari business. Eventually, Kesari decided to bump off Gupta. Following the murder, hawkers blocked the street outside Gupta's Kandivli home on Wednesday and threatened to not carry out his funeral unless arrests were made.