Rahul Raj killed by mumbai police.

A young man identified as Rahul Raj on Monday opened fire in a Mumbai BEST bus. The gunman wanted to give a strong message to the MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his ongoing attack against the North Indian community living in Mumbai especially Biharis.

The incident took place in a double-decker BEST bus carrying a registration number 332.

The gunman sustained serious injuries during the cross firing and was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. However, he succumbed to the injuries later.

In his last statement recorded in the hospital, the 23-year-old boy revealed that he was from Patna and wanted to give Raj Thackeray a strong message.

“The man fired at the police in ‘Bail’ bazar area of Kurla and was shot in retaliatory fire,” Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Rakesh Maria said.

Giving more details, he said that the gunman wanted to take the bus passengers hostage and “this is being verified.”

A man was killed in police firing in Mumbai on Monday, when he tried to hold a BEST bus captive. According to eyewitnesses, the man was carrying a revolver and he threatened to hijack the bus. He reportedly fired shots at two people..

AN UNIDENTIFIED man opened fire in a BEST bus in Mumbai on Monday (October 27) morning, while he tried to hold the passengers captive. The attacker was killed in police firing but before being hit, he injured two people in the bus no 332, plying on the Andheri-Kurla route.

Eyewitnesses said that the attacker was carrying a revolver and he threatened to hijack the double-decker bus, travelling at that time from Andheri to Kurla.

He also fired shots at the bus conductor and a passenger, when they tried to intervene.

He said that he had come from Patna and wanted to send a message to Raj Thackeray, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supremo.

When police asked the unidentified attacker to surrender, he refused, forcing the police to take action. An eyewitness said that four shots were fired by the policemen of which two hit the attacker and he was grievously injured. He was taken to a hospital in Ghatkopar, where he breathed his last.

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