Shooters wanted to kill me: Hazare to Mumbai court

Mumbai, July 9

Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday deposed before a special court in Mumbai as a prosecution witness in the 2006 murder case of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar.

Former Lok Sabha MP Padamsinh Patil is the key accused in the case.

Hazare, in his deposition before the trial court of judge Anand Yawalkar, said he knew Patil as an elected representative. “I learnt about the murder of Nimbalkar through media. I also came to know through a media report that a contract was given to the shooters to kill me, following which I registered a case in this connection at Parner police station (in Ahmednagar district),” he said. — PTI

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