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Gym Trainers Charged Under New Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita After Fatal Pune Shop Assault

Investigators are probing motive as the gym-trainer co-owners surrendered to face murder charges under the new criminal code.

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Overview

  • The accused surrendered to Dighi police after the Wednesday altercation in Charholi that left Gopinath Varpe dead.
  • Officers say the trainers struck Varpe multiple times on his head and body with metal rods following his verbal abuse inside their protein supplement shop.
  • Dighi police registered a case of murder and common intention under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and continue to investigate the circumstances of the attack.
  • Authorities are examining claims that Varpe had previously harassed Pranjal Taware and are probing a potential financial dispute between the victim and one of the accused.
  • Yash Patole and Pranjal Taware were produced in court on Thursday and remanded to four days of police custody as evidence collection proceeds.