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Beed: A 50-year-old Shiv Sena leader from Maharashtra's Beed district was killed in an accident when a car collided with his motorcycle on Sunday evening, police said.
The accident took place near Dakephal in Kaij tehsil on the Ahmednagar-Ahilyanagar National Highway, they said.
Victim Chandrakant Shahaji Ingale, Kaij tehsil vice-president of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, was returning home from a religious event at the time.
A car collided with his two-wheeler, killing him at the scene, an official said. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
Police said Ingale's brother had died in an accident while riding a two-wheeler ten years ago.
The process of registering a case is underway, an official said. Details of the car involved in the accident were not immediately available.