Mumbai beat –Arun Gawli aide shot at

Parulekar was attacked by two unidentified persons who opened fire at him as he was sitting opposite his house near Milind nagar at about 7 pm. According to the police, the duo pumped in around six to seven bullets in his belly from their Star .9 mm pistol before escaping on foot.

Parulekar was rushed to the BYL Nair hospital where he is undergoing treatment. Parulekar was instrumental in the killing of Dawood Ibrahim’s brother-in-law Ibrahim Parkar in 1992 which led to the JJ shoot out as a revenge. He was also involved in the killing of Babubhai Shah, owner of Sheetal readymade stores in November 1994.

According to Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime),“Parulekar, in a statement to the police has said that Sadiq, a Chhota Shakeel lieutenant could have been involved in the firing”.

This gives credence to the fact that Chhota Shakeel must have masterminded the firing.

Youth dies in wall collapse

n A 23-year-old youth succumbing to multiple fractures and head injury following a wall collapse at Worli in north central Mumbai due to torrential showers. Fire brigade sources said that the collapse occurred in the premises of Poonam Chambers at Shivsagar Estate on the Annie Besant road in Worli late this afternoon trapping two persons including the youth, even as a car was badly damaged. The youth, Ajit Pawar, was rushed to the Nair hospital where he breathed his last this evening in the trauma care ward, a doctor said. Meanwhile, efforts were still on to rescue the second person from the debris, fire brigade said.

Acquaculture panel’s visit

Parliamentary study committee on acquaculture will visit Mumbai on Thursday, according to Ram Naik, MP and chief whip, BJP parliamentary party. In a statement Naik said here today that the 13-member committee led by Union Minister of State for Agriculture Venugopalachari would meet members of acquaculture community and hear their problems in the state. Those who want to submit their views can submit their memoranda in person in 15 copies during the committee’s visit at Y.B. Chavan Pratishthan, he said.

MPYCC dharna

The workers of the Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (MPYCC) today staged the demonstration at Hutatma Chowk, south Mumbai, this morning demanding judicial inquiry into the lathicharge on the Youth Congress morcha to Nagpur on June 18 in which the MPYCC president Anees Ahmed, MLA was injured.