Overview
- Anil More, a state leader in the Republican Party of India’s workers wing, was attacked inside Yuvraj Restaurant and Bar in Moshi on Wednesday night and died after being taken to a hospital.
- Police say they have identified the two attackers from CCTV footage and other clues, and five teams are searching for them with no arrests announced as of Friday morning.
- Investigators describe a personal enmity as the likely motive, with no political angle indicated at this stage.
- More’s driver filed a complaint saying More named his assailants in the car and pointed to a man from Pune district with whom he had an earlier dispute and recent threats.
- RPI workers gathered at Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, pressed for quick arrests, and police increased security in sensitive areas before handing the body to relatives after the post-mortem.