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Accused in 2012 Pune Blasts Shot Dead in Shrirampur as Police Hunt Bike-Borne Duo

Police have deployed multiple teams with security tightened in Shrirampur during the search for the shooters.

Overview

  • The victim was identified as Aslam Shabbir Shaikh, also known as Bunty Jahagirdar, who had been out on bail since January 2023 in the JM Road case.
  • He was attacked around 2–2:30 pm while returning from a funeral on a motorcycle on Borawake College Road in a busy area of Shrirampur.
  • Two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle fired two rounds, striking him in the chest and leg, and he died during treatment at a hospital.
  • Superintendent of Police Somnath Gharge said the motive remains unknown as a manhunt is underway to trace the riders.
  • Jahagirdar was arrested by the Maharashtra ATS in 2013 for alleged links to the blasts, including allegedly supplying a revolver to main accused Imran Khan, and police records list multiple other cases against him.