Shiv Sena leader Mangat Rai's relatives outside hospital after he shot dead in Punjab's Moga. Photo: PTI Shiv Sena leader Mangat Rai's relatives outside hospital after he shot dead in Punjab's Moga. Photo: PTI A Shiv Sena leader was shot dead in Punjab's Moga on thursday night and a minor was also injured during the attack. While the police suspects a personal enmity behind the attack, but the family of the deceased claimed to know nothing about him having enmity with anyone.
The deceased was identified as Mangat Rai alias Manga who was reportedly the Moga district president of Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Details Of Shooting EpisodeThe incident occurred when Manga, 52, who had stepped out of the house to buy groceries, was attacked by three unknown persons at around 10 pm.
The police told PTI that the bullet initially missed Manga and hit a 12-year-old boy who was passing through the area.
Manga then immediately fled the area on a two-wheeler, but the assailants chased him.
feliz2025pgDuring the chase, the attackers fired at Manga again, this time successfully, and ran away from the spot.
Manga was taken to a hospital by police, where he was declared dead by doctors.
The police informed that the injured child was initially admitted to the Moga Civil Hospital and later referred to another hospital for better treatment.
VIDEO | A Shiv Sena leader, Mangat Rai Manga, was shot dead by some assailants in Punjab's Moga district on the intervening night of March 13 and 14 during Holi celebrations. More details awaited. Visuals from outside the district hospital. (Full video available on PTI… pic.twitter.com/vbI4e3VKqE
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 14, 2025 What Is Family Alleging?Manga's wife lodged a complaint with the police and six accused along with some unknown individuals have been booked,89vip cassino and an investigation is underway.
The police assumed that this occured due to a personal enmity but the deceased's family believes that he did not have enmity with anyone.
Some outfits and family members of the deceased held a protest at Pratap Chowk in Moga, demanding the arrest of the accused.
Slogans were raised against the AAP government, alleging a complete breakdown of the law and order situation in Punjab.
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Earlier, Manga's daughter told PTI that her father left the house at around 8 pm on Thursday to get milk.
"At 11 pm, someone informed us that my father was shot dead. We want justice and will do whatever we have to do for that," she reportedly said.
In another incident on the same night, three motorcycle riders entered a salon in Bagiana Basti around 9 pm on Thursday for a haircut and fired two shots at the owner, Devender Kumar. One bullet hit Kumar in the legw1-coroapg, and he was taken to Moga Civil Hospital for treatment and later referred to another hospital, police said. A probe is underway.
