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Purnekar Murder Case: Main Accused Pappya Shinde's Police Custody Extended Till October 9
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News18•05-10-2026, 21:00
Purnekar Murder Case: Main Accused Pappya Shinde's Police Custody Extended Till October 9
- •A Thane court extended the police custody of main accused Satish alias Pappya Shinde until October 9 due to non-cooperation with the investigation.
- •Shiv Sena UBT leader Pradeep Purnekar was murdered inside his Manpada office on September 29 by assailants using firearms and sharp weapons.
- •Police are yet to recover the murder weapons, firearms, and mobile phones which were registered under fictitious names.
- •Prosecution presented CCTV evidence showing extensive recce by the perpetrators and subsequent escape in an Alto car.
- •Investigators uncovered over 150 phone calls exchanged among co-conspirators, and two more suspects, Nitesh Pawar and Nikhil Yadav, have been arrested in Alibaug.
Key Questions Answered
A Thane court extended the police custody of main accused Satish alias Pappya Shinde until October 9.
Police stated that Shinde was refusing to cooperate with the investigation and that firearms, murder weapons, and mobile phones registered under fictitious names still needed to be recovered.
Police have arrested two more individuals in the case, identified as Nitesh Pawar and Nikhil Yadav, who were found hiding in a dairy in Alibaug.
