Overview
- Ganesh Kale was shot near a petrol pump at Khadi Machine Chowk around 3:30 pm on November 1 by four assailants on two motorcycles, who also attacked him with a sharp weapon.
- Police registered a murder FIR at Kondhwa police station, formed 10 teams, and are reviewing CCTV while forensic experts process evidence from the scene.
- Officers recovered a motorcycle, three live rounds, two firearms, and two sharp weapons believed to have been used in the crime.
- Kondhwa police arrested Aman Shaikh and Arbaaz Patel and later took Mayur Waghmare into custody, while two 17-year-olds were detained and the adults were produced in court on Sunday.
- Nine people, including jailed gangster Suryakant ‘Bandu’ Andekar and his son Krushna, were booked based on the victim’s father’s complaint alleging they directed the hit, which police are probing for possible links to the Vanraj Andekar case; Kale was a relative of accused Sameer Kale.