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Thackeray Group Leader Pradeep Purnekar Murder: Ganpati Reconnaissance, Secret Meeting Before Killing
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News18•30-09-2026, 08:33
Thackeray Group Leader Pradeep Purnekar Murder: Ganpati Reconnaissance, Secret Meeting Before Killing
- •Thackeray group division head Pradeep Purnekar was brutally murdered in Manorama Nagar, Thane.
- •Purnekar's son, Ram Purnekar, accused former Thane Mayor Meenakshi Shinde and Rajendra Shinde of being behind the murder.
- •Ram Purnekar claimed he witnessed a secret meeting between Raja Shinde and the attackers days before the murder.
- •The Purnekar family refuses to take possession of the body until all accused are identified.
- •Jaynath Purnekar revealed that the conspiracy began during the Ganpati festival.
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Thackeray group division head Pradeep Purnekar was brutally murdered on Tuesday night in the Manorama Nagar area of Manpada, Thane, after five individuals fired four rounds at him.
Pradeep Purnekar's family, including his son Ram Purnekar and brother Jaynath Purnekar, accused former Thane Mayor Meenakshi Shinde and Rajendra Shinde of orchestrating the killing.
Ram Purnekar claimed he witnessed Rajendra Shinde holding a secret meeting with the attackers at Neelkanth Greens shortly before the incident and noted that his father had received death threats from them a year and a half prior.
