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Pradeep Purnekar Murder: Female Connection Surfaces, Police Detain 3 Women Linked to Pappya Shinde!
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News18•01-10-2026, 12:10
Pradeep Purnekar Murder: Female Connection Surfaces, Police Detain 3 Women Linked to Pappya Shinde!
- •A female connection has surfaced in the Pradeep Purnekar murder case, with police detaining three women in contact with main suspect Pappya Shinde.
- •The supplementary FIR includes the names of Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) corporator Meenakshi Shinde and her husband Rajendra Shinde.
- •A Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Crime Branch DCP Amarsingh Jadhav has been formed to investigate the politically sensitive case.
- •The family of Pradeep Purnekar had refused to accept the body until the Shinde couple's names were added to the FIR.
- •Five people, including three women, were detained from Mira Road for questioning, all found to be in direct contact with Pappya Shinde.
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In the supplementary FIR filed by the police, the names of Shiv Sena faction corporator and former Thane mayor Meenakshi Shinde along with her husband Rajendra Shinde have been directly included.
Pradeep Purnekar's family took a firm stand and aggressively warned that they would not accept the body until the names of Meenakshi Shinde and Rajendra Shinde were added to the crime.
The entire investigation has been handed over to a Special Investigation Team working under the leadership of Crime Branch Deputy Commissioner of Police Amarsingh Jadhav.
