‘A phone call, Facebook Live, 5 rounds of gunfire': Here's how Mauris Noronha planned Abhishek Ghosalkar's murder

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Mauris Noronha suspected Abhishek Ghosalkar framed him in rape case, say cops Abhishek Ghosalkar, who was a former corporator, and Mauris Noronha, who had political aspirations of his own were not on good terms ever, said a police official. Noronha, after coming out of jail, would frequently say that he would not "spare" Abhishek Ghosalkar, the official added. Noronha decided to win Ghosalkar’s trust by offering an olive branch to him.

He began putting up Abhishek Ghoslkar’s banners in his area. Uddhav faction leader Abhishek Ghosalkar shot dead during Facebook live On Thursday, around 7:30 pm, Abhishek Ghosalkar was in his own office in the IC Colony area of suburban Borivali, less than 100 metres from Mauris Noronha’s office on the ground floor of 'The Prabhu Udyog Bhavan' building, when he got a call from Noronha. Mauris Noronha asked him to come over to his office, saying he had organised saree distribution for women in the area.

Noronha suggested to Ghosalkar that they do a Facebook Live to announce their decision to bury the hatchet and work together. Aaditya Thackeray slams Shinde govt over Abhishek Ghosalkar’s murder During the Facebook Live, Noronha pumped bullets into Ghosalkar using his bodyguard's pistol. After shooting 5 bullets at Abhishek Ghosalkar, the accused Maurice stood at the door and kept looking at him for 3-4 seconds.

After completing his target, he tried to shoot himself there, but the pistol did not fire. After this, he went to the upper floor. Above, he loaded the bullet into the pistol and shot himself within 25 seconds.