Shiv Sena nominee stabbed in Outer Delhi ahead of MCD polls

New Delhi, Apr 12: In another incident of violence involving a municipal poll candidate, a Shiv Sena nominee was today stabbed in Outer Delhi this morning by four persons with police saying it appears to be a case of personal rivalry not linked with elections.

Sunil Kumar, contesting from Rohini ward, was on the way to a barber shop when he was attacked in Rohini at around 10:30 am and he suffered "superficial" injuries in the incident, a senior police official said. This is the second violent incident involving MCD candidates in the past three days.

A BJP candidate Madhav Prasad was arrested along with two others for allegedly stabbing to death a party worker with whom they had differences. According to police, Kumar had told investigators that four men came while he was on the way for a hair-cut. "Two of them caught hold of him while two others stabbed him.

They fled the spot after the incident," the official said quoting Kumar. Nobody has been arrested so far. Kumar has a case of attempted culpable homicide not amounting to murder registered against him, in 2007, in Sultanpuri police station. The case is pending before Additional Session Judge's court in Rohini, according to the affidavit filed by him while nominations for the MCD polls.

PTI