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Cong. functionary shot dead in Daman
By Our Special Correspondent
AHMEDABAD
Jan. 6.
The vice-president of the Diu and Daman Congress committee, Kalidas Patel, was shot dead by three unidentified persons on two motorcycles in Daman this afternoon.
According to reports reaching here, Mr. Patel, who was in his car, was shot at from a close range. He died on the spot.
Meanwhile, in Ahmedabad, the offices of the municipal commissioner and the party offices of the Congress and the BJP were ransacked.
A section of the Dalit employees belonging to the Congress-controlled municipal corporation had been agitating for the last few days demanding conversion of daily wagers, working as `safai kamdars' and doing other menial jobs, as permanent staff of the civic body.
The police lathicharged the attackers. At least 15 employees of the civic body were injured in the attack and were admitted to the hospital.
The Congress has accused the BJP of "instigating'' the agitating employees to indulge in violence.
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