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Nimbalkar case: Patil remanded to CBI custody till June 20
PTI | Panvel (Raigad)
The Panvel court on Sunday remanded Padamsinh Patil to CBI custody till June 20 after the agency said they want to conduct further investigations in the case.
The CBI, while seeking Patil's custody, said they are yet to conduct searches in his residence and that they have to probe the involvement of more politicians in the case.
The CBI, in the remand, have also stated that they want to conduct narco tests on Patil as he is not co-operating with the investigations.
Patil has filed an application stating that the CBI is pressurising him to give a confessional statement and undergo scientific tests like narco analysis and brain mapping.
"I do not intend to give any confessional statement as I have done nothing wrong and I do not want to undergo any scientific tests due to health reasons," the application states.
Meanwhile, two other arrested accused in the case- Satish Mandade and Mohan Shukla have been remanded to judicial custody till June 26. CBI counsel Ejaz Khan also told the court that the agency is investigating the money trail and how and who transferred the supari (contract killing sum) through hawala channels.
Tiwari had also prepared an application to be submitted to the court regarding the pressure on Patil to undergo scientific tests but did not file it today as CBI did not seek permission to conduct the narco-analysis tests.
CBI Joint Director Rishiraj Singh said "the investigation in this case is in full progress. Another accused Pintu Singh has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police and we are completing the formality to take him in CBI custody."
Pintu Singh, who had allegedly opened fire at Nimbalkar and his driver Samad Kazi, would be brought to Mumbai soon and will be produced before the Panvel court, he said.
CBI has collected new material in the case and searches in Patil's south Mumbai residence are yet to be conducted, which is why Patil's custody was sought, Khan said.Meanwhile, two other arrested accused in the Patil muder case Mohan Shukla and Satish Mandade were also produced before the court today and were remanded to judicial custody till June 26.
CBI today detained Abdul Rehman, driver of arrested accused Parasmal Jain who allegedly arranged for the killing of Nimbalkar.
CBI sources alleged Rehman was aware of the conspiracy as he had accompanied Jain to conduct a recce of Nimbalkar's house in Osmanabad and had been informed by Jain about the job to eliminate Nimbalkar.
CBI, which took over the case last year, has arrested five persons so far- Patil, Shukla, Mandade, Jain and Dinesh Tiwari.
Jain and Tiwari are at present in judicial custody till June 21.
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