Unknown persons intercepted the vehicle of Jansurajya Shakti party’s Karveer assembly candidate Santaji Ghorpade and attacked him with weapons in Kolhapur on Sunday night
The businessman, identified as Subhash Laxman Harane, 50, of Bagal Chowk, Shahupuri, Kolhapur, had got down from a private bus in Shahupuri when he was approached by one of the accused who introduced himself as a vigilance officer
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