Sena (UBT) leader shot dead on FB live in Mumbai: Police

A shootout, reminiscent of gangland killings of the 1990s, led to the killing of an aspiring politician, Abhishek Ghosalkar, on Thursday evening followed, even more dramatically, by his assailant Mauris Oliver Noronha, then turning the gun upon himself.

- Megha Sood

While Ghosalkar, 41, who sustained three bullets was declared dead at Karuna Hospital, Noronha, 52, used one bullet to shoot himself in the head and died on the spot. Ghosalkar's killing preceded a 4-minute-long Facebook live being streamed on Noronha's page where the two men address the camera jointly, and speak about starting the new year on a good note, working together for the people and undertaking joint initiatives. At a point, Ghosalkar alludes to a past rift between them. The only indication of any tension between the two men is eviden