The incident occurred around 4:30 pm on December 14 near the Sakri overbridge in the district when Tripathi, who was former District General Secretary of the party was travelling in his car was waylaid and shot, police said adding that the man died on the spot.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that the newly inaugurated Phase-I of Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, covering a distance of 520 km and connecting Nagpur and Shirdi will deliver Rs 50,000 crore in the coming two years.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bilaspur, Rajendra Jaiswal said the accused lured the girl by promising to arrange a breakfast meal and sexually assaulted her.
PM Modi flagged off the country's sixth and the state's first Vande Bharat Express train which will now run between Maharashtra's Nagpur and Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur.
The train was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Nagpur on Sunday, December 11. The new Vande Bharat will be running from Nagpur to Bilaspur at a maximum permissible speed of 130 kms/hr and will be covering a distance of 412 kms in just 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated various developmental projects in Nagpur on Sunday and outlined the "11 stars" that would give a new direction to Maharashtra's growth.
The people of Maharashtra's Nagpur have extended their gratitude and pride for the development and foundational projects worth Rs 75,000 crore by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
The Hospital, whose foundational stone was also laid by the Prime Minister in July 2017, has been established under the Central sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, read a statement from Prime Minister's Office.