A police team took him to the hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Relatives of a Congress worker who was murdered in Mumbai have alleged foul play and blamed the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government in Maharashtra for it.

Manoj Dubey, 40, was murdered in Mumbai's Saki Naka area on Sunday night allegedly for his Facebook posts that were critical of the government. His relatives said that in the past few days, Manoj had been writing Facebook posts on local issues. Manoj was stabbed 16 times near Asalfa Metro station.

Meanwhile, the police have detained the accused in the case. Police said the accused and Manoj had an old rivalry. A police team took him to the hospital where he was declared brought dead, a police official said.

Asked about some media reports that said a political post he had written on social media could have led to the killing, the official stated that the exact reason for the attack was yet to be ascertained.

Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan alleged that the assailants belonged to the BJP.

"BJP workers have brutally killed Congress worker Dubey. The Congress party strongly condemns the attack. It is not just the murder of Congress worker, but the murder of democracy," he said, demanding immediate arrest of the attackers.

(With inputs from PTI)

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