PUNE: A magisterial court on Monday sent the two persons held in connection with the October 22 shootout at Uruli Kanchan in police custody remand till November 22.
Criminal on record Santosh Jagtap and one of his assailants, Swagat Khaire, were killed last week in the cross-fire between rival gangs active in Daund and Uruli Kanchan in rural Pune. Senior inspector Rajendra Mokashi of the Loni Kalbhor police produced the arrested duo — Pavan Gorakh Misal (29) and Mahadev Balasaheb Adlinge (26) of Dattawadi in Uruli Kanchan — before a court of judicial magistrate first class and sought their custodial remand for 14 days.
He said, “The custodial interrogation of Misal and Adlinge was essential to establish the real motive behind the firing incident and the identity of the conspirator hiring their services to eliminate Jagtap in front of Hotel Sonai, an eatery at Talawade Chowk in Uruli Kanchan, along the Pune-Solapur highway.”
Mokashi said,” The suspect’s questioning is essential to establish the identity of their accomplices, recover firearms and seize the clothes they were wearing on the firing incident day. We have recovered two country-made pistols. One was found at the crime scene, while the other was recovered by the crime branch.” Deputy commissioner of police (Zone V) Namrata Patil refused to reveal details on the progress in investigations because the arrested duo were involved in a serious crime.
