India, May 2 -- The family of slain Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sachin Kurmi has launched an indefinite hunger strike at the very site in Byculla where he was murdered in October 2024, protesting the failure to arrest the main accused in the case.

Kurmi's elder brother, Mahesh Kurmi, his wife Anupama, daughter Yukti, and social worker Mahesh Vengurlekar have joined the protest demanding justice. "We have no choice but to sit on a hunger strike. Till the real perpetrators are brought to book, we will not back down," said Mahesh Kurmi.

Sachin Kurmi, 46, was the president of the NCP Ajit Pawar faction Byculla taluka unit. He was stabbed over 20 times during a post-dinner walk on October 4, 2024, and later succumbed to his injur...