The chief of a cooperative bank suffered a minor injury after a man opened fire on him in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra's Chandrapur</a> district, a senior police official said on Friday.
Santosh Rawat, president of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Chandrapur District Central Cooperative Bank</a>, was targeted on Thursday night at Mul tehsil in the district, the official said.
Rawat, who is also a Congress worker, was at Mul village, some 40 km from district headquarters, to attend a programme of his bank when a man fired one round on him, he said.
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The bullet grazed his left hand, causing a minor injury, said the official.
The attacker apparently escaped in a four-wheeler, sources in the police department said.
"We have launched a probe into the incident," said Sumit Parteki, inspector of Mul police station.
Local Congress leaders on Friday blocked a road to protest the firing.
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The chief of a cooperative bank suffered a minor injury after a man opened fire on him in Maharashtra`s Chandrapur district, a senior police official said on Friday

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Santosh Rawat, president of Chandrapur District Central Cooperative Bank, was targeted on Thursday night at Mul tehsil in the district

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