BJP minority leader, his son shot dead in Rajkot

Rajkot

In third incident of firing in this month in Rajkot city, BJP Minority leader Ilyas Khan Pathan and his son were shot dead late in the night at their house. Another son of Ilyas Khan is hospitalized at Sterling hospital. It is believed that one of the attackers is also injured and admitted in same hospital. Police has recovered a weapon in a car in which the attackers are believed to have arrived. Police is also checking CCTV footage as Pathan’s house had multiple CCTV cameras. Primary details coming out suggest that Pathans had long time dispute with persons from same community, and today’s incident happened due to that reason. Pathan who was originally a youth leader of Gujarat Congress’s minority cell later joined BJP in presence of Arun Jaitey and Venkaiah Naidu. Arif Mohammad Khan,  once a national level leader of Congress was Pathan’s mentor. Pathan had filed case against famous painter late MF Husain over nude painting of Bharat mata. Pathan was appointed a member of Hajj committee by then Gujarat CM shri Narendra Modi. He was also picked up in national team of BJP Minority wing.

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