Overview
- Akash Pathare, 23, was arrested on Saturday, joining Vikrant Suresh Thakur, Sumit Phulchand Patel and Amit Pathare already in custody.
- Investigators say 37-year-old Nitin Shankar Gilbile was shot inside a Toyota Fortuner near Alankapuram Road in Charholi on November 12.
- Anti-Extortion Squad and Crime Branch teams tracked the SUV through the Tamhini Ghat–Paud stretch, intercepted it, and seized the vehicle along with a mobile phone.
- An FIR has been registered at Dighi police station under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions and sections of the Indian Arms Act.
- CCTV footage that spread online captured the lead-up to the shooting as detectives continue interrogations and search for the firearm.