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Major twist in Pradeep Purnekar murder case as son alleges police arrested wrong fifth accused
- •Pradeep Purnekar's son Ram Purnekar claimed that the fifth accused seen in the murder CCTV footage and the person arrested by police are entirely different.
- •The family reiterated that Meenakshi Shinde and Rajendra Shinde are the masterminds behind the murder and demanded strict action against them.
- •Ram Purnekar expressed fear for his life and threatened to stage a protest outside Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's residence in Thane if justice is denied.
- •Police investigation earlier revealed that Amit Singh alias Paplu was the helmet-wearing attacker who plotted the murder alongside Santosh Talli and Papya Shinde.
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Ram Purnekar claimed that the fifth accused seen in the CCTV footage of Pradeep Purnekar's murder is a completely different person from the one arrested by the police. He expressed strong dissatisfaction with the ongoing police investigation and threatened to stage a protest if justice is not served.
The Purnekar family stated that Meenakshi Shinde and her husband Rajendra Shinde are behind the murder, alleging that Meenakshi Shinde is the mastermind. They have demanded strict internal party action against her, noting that no legal action has been taken against the couple yet.
Following the murder, key suspects Nikhil यादव and Nitesh Pawar fled Thane and traveled continuously by changing vehicles to avoid identification. They attempted to escape toward the Maharashtra-Goa border before being captured by a special crime branch team led by DCP Amar Singh Jadhav.
