Maharashtra Congress vice-president Hidayatullah Patel, who was stabbed at a mosque in Akola district, succumbed to his injuries during treatment on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) morning, the police said.
The alleged attacker, who is the main accused, has been arrested, while five more persons have been named as suspects in the first information report (FIR) registered on a complaint filed by a relative of Mr. Patel, they said.
An IPS-rank officer will probe the murder case, said District Superintendent of Police Archit Chandak.
Mr. Patel, 66, was attacked with a sharp weapon by the main accused, Ubed Khan Kalu Khan alias Razik Khan Patel, 22, over an old enmity at around 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday (January 6) after he offered namaz at a mosque in Mohala village in Akot taluka of the district, the police said.
The former district Congress president suffered injuries to his neck and chest, resulting in heavy bleeding. He was rushed to a private hospital in Akot and admitted to its intensive care unit, where he died on Wednesday (January 7) morning, a police official said.
