PUNE: The city police on Wednesday invoked Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) provisions against the 10 men arrested earlier in the Deepak Maratkar murder case and nabbed Swapnil alias Satish Chocolate Modve from Karad.
A police team comprising inspector Sunil Takawale and sub-inspector Sanjay Gaikwad of the crime branch arrested Modve from Karad on Wednesday after intercepting his SUV. Modve’s name surfaced after it was revealed that some of the men arrested in the case were members of the Bapu Nair gang. Nair runs a crime syndicate in and around the city.
Shiv Sena office-bearer Maratkar was fatally assaulted near his house around midnight intervening October 1 and 2 at Gavali Ali. Ashwini Kamble, Mahendra Saraf, Niranjan Mhankale, Prashant Kolte, Rahul Ragir, Rohit Kamble, Rohit Kshirsagar, Sandeep Kolte, Lakhan Dhaware and Chandrashekhar Waghel were arrested.