Police in Balodabazar in Chhattisgarh on Sunday arrested six men on charges of killing a local BJP leader, Bhakti Yadav.
Yadav was stabbed 16 times on Saturday night at the house of one of the accused, Suraj Vaishnav, in Lohiya Nagar,” Superintendent of Police Prashant Thakur said.
All the six involved in the murder -- identified as Suraj Vaishnav, Iqbal, Shahrukh, Raza, Javed and Rahul Devar -- have been arrested. Prima facie it was found that the deceased had personal enmity with the accused, Thakur added.