PUNE: A Pune district court on Sunday remanded Sachin Prakasrao Andure – the alleged main shooter in the murder case of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar - in CBI custody till August 26.
He was produced before the court of judicial magistrate first class AS Mujumdar.
Pune: Sachin Andure an accused in 2013 Dabholkar murder case sent to CBI custody till 26 August. He was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation yesterday #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/IqhzU8Clba
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After tracking him for several months, the CBI arrested Andure in the evening on Saturday.
He was nabbed from Pune, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson had told reporters.
Andure is a resident of Maharashtra's Aurangabad district.
He is believed to be one of the shooters who fired at Dabholkar while he was on a morning walk on the Onkareshwar Bridge in Pune on August 20, 2013, the CBI spokesperson said.
The central probe agency, which is probing the murder case, had earlier filed a chargesheet naming Sarang Akolkar and Vinay Pawar as the shooters in the case.
The two shooters are on the run at the moment.