In a stunning attack on the legal fraternity, one of the city’s upcoming criminal lawyers Shahid Azmi was shot dead in his office in Kurla on Thursday.
Farhan, son of Abu Azmi, who is in a controversy over his refusal to take oath in Marathi, on Saturday lost the Bhiwandi East Assembly by-election when he was defeated by Shiv Sena candidate Rupesh Mhatre.
Raj Thackeray-led MNS, whose members assaulted SP legislator Abu Asim Azmi in the Maharashtra Assmebly, on Wednesdya said they would apologise to the House for their action but not to the MLA.
A writ petition was on Tuesday filed in the Supreme Court seeking registration of an FIR against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for assaulting SP MLA Abu Azmi.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has held Abu Asim Azmi "responsible" for Monday's mayhem and said his party men would have made a "tandoori" of somebody like Azmi for having hurt Marathi pride.
The LJP president, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, demanded immediate derecognition of the Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) for assaulting the Samajwadi Party MLA, Mr Abu Azmi in the Assembly