India, Jan. 16 -- Shrikant Pangarkar, one of the accused of the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in 2017, secured victory in Jalna Municipal Corporation election on Friday as an independent candidate from ward number 13.

Pangarkar fought the civic body polls as an independent even though he joined the Shiv Sena in November 2024 ahead of the assembly polls in Maharashtra. However, his induction into the party was put in abeyance by Eknath Shinde following an outcry, according to a news agency PTI report.

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Pangarkar was not fielded by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for Jalna civic body and faced opponents from the Bharatiya Janata Party and other parties. He celebrated his victory with h...