BADLAPUR: An unidentified man shot dead Shiv Sena leader Mohan Raut in his office situated at Katrap area of Badlapur, Thane on Friday morning.

The man had shot four round of bullets at Raut's chest.

Raut was admitted at AIMS hospital in Dombivli, where he died during treatment.

The exact reason behined the firing is yet to be known but family and close friends suspect that an NCP leader — with whom Raut had an old rivalry — could be behind the attack.

Sena workers forced shopkeepers to shut down all the shops following the inciddent. The police in the area have also beefed up security.

Raut, who was an ex-corporator from Sena, was presently posted as vice-president of Shiv Sena party in Badlapur.

Raut's wife and his brother's wife are also corporators in the Badlapur Municipal Council.

