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Pradeep Purnekar Murder: Pappya Shinde Plays Mind Games with Police, Court Hearing Today
- •A new twist has emerged in the murder case of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Pradeep Purnekar.
- •Accused Pappya Shinde is reportedly not cooperating with the police and is playing mind games during the investigation.
- •Shinde has denied all murder charges, shifting blame to other accused in the case.
- •Pappya Shinde's police custody ends today, and he will be produced in Thane Court.
- •Police are likely to seek further custody of Shinde to investigate the conspiracy behind Purnekar's murder.
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Pradeep Purnekar was a Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader and Manpada division head who was brutally murdered on the night of September 29. Attackers fired six rounds at him and then attacked him with a machete inside his public relations office in Manorama Nagar, Thane.
Main accused Pappya Shinde has denied all murder charges, claiming he has no involvement and shifting the blame onto other accused individuals. Police sources report that he is not cooperating with the investigation and is playing mind games with authorities.
Suspicion arose because Pappya Shinde was present inside the office during the attack yet did not sustain a single scratch. Furthermore, he was in contact with the attackers and allegedly gave the signal for them to attack before later acting helpful by taking Purnekar to the hospital.
