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Maha: Tensions erupt after 2 brothers killed in Nashik

Nashik, Mar 20 (UNI) Tension prevailed in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Thursday after two brothers, including a city vice-president of the NCP (Ajit Pawar), were killed Wednesday night by unknown assailants.
According to police sources, the victims, identified as Manna Jadhav (city vice president-NCP-AP) and his brother Prashant Jadhav, were strolling near their residence in the Ambedkar Wadi area near Bodhale Nagar on the Nashik-Pune highway, when armed assailants attacked them. Bleeding profusely, the brothers collapsed on the road.
Upon receiving the information, a police force rushed to the spot and admitted them to the district hospital.
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