Overview
- Ganesh Kale, an autorickshaw driver and brother of an accused in the Vanraj Andekar murder case, was shot dead near a petrol pump at Khadi Machine Chowk in Kondhwa.
- Four assailants on two motorcycles fired multiple rounds at close range and then attacked the victim with a sharp weapon before fleeing.
- Pune police formed ten teams, reviewed CCTV, recovered one motorcycle used in the crime, and collected three live rounds from the scene.
- Investigators arrested two men and detained two 17-year-olds from the Khed Shivapur area, seizing firearms, sharp weapons, and motorcycles allegedly used in the attack.
- An FIR names nine suspects including jailed gangster Suryakant ‘Bandu’ Andekar, with police probing whether jailed accused relayed instructions as part of an ongoing gang rivalry.