Mumbai, Jan 9 (PTI) The Crime Branch of Mumbai Police have arrested two more persons in connection with a firing on a Shiv Sena leader in the city, an official said on Thursday.

The arrest of Laxman Pawar alias Mahakal (45), a labour contractor, and his aide Vijay Waghmare (37) took the number of accused arrested in the case to six, he said.

Chandrashekhar Jadhav, a local Sena leader, was allegedly shot by members of the Prasad Pujari gang in Tagore Nagar in suburban Vikhroli on December 19. Jadhav was injured but survived the attack.

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