A former Shiv Sena corporator was killed by unidentified assailants in Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.
Ashok Sawant, 62, a two-term corporator from Samata Nagar in suburban Kandivali, was attacked with choppers while he was returning home after meeting a friend around 11 pm, he said.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital in Kandivli but was declared dead on arrival, the official said.
Sawant had entered the cable television business a few years ago, he said.
PTI
