A suspect linked to the murder of a Punjabi singer Sidhu Musewala was arrested from pune By Special Cell of Pune Rural Police and Delhi Police. Siddhesh Hiraman Kamble aka Saurav aka Mahakal, who is in his early 20s, is accused of being linked to the lead sharpshooter, Santosh Sunil Jadhav in the Moosewala case.
Jadhav is wanted by the Pune Rural Police as the prime suspect in the dastardly murder case of a criminal from Pune’s Manchar area in August 2021. According to police officials, Jadhav has several serious offenses registered against him, including one case. assassination attempt.
Here are the details of the sensational daylight shoot.
background
Omkar Annasaheb Bankhele, 24, a resident of Eklahare village in Manchar area of Ambegaon taluka of Pune district, was Jadhav’s old rival. Before the assassination of Bankhele, the two were quarreling over supremacy in their respective territories.
A Pune Rural Police investigation has revealed that a few days before the murder, Jadhav had posted a threat in Marathi to Bankhele on social media saying ‘I will kill you before the sun rises’. Bankhele’s status message on a social media platform in Marathi was, “Santosh Jadhav, when we meet, I will shoot you.”
Police believe that the exchange of threats between the two on social media was the immediate reason behind the attack on Bankhele.
the killing
On 1 August 2021, Bankhele’s brother Mayur received a call at around 3 pm that his brother had been shot dead by some people near a poultry farm on Eklahare Sultanpur Road. When Mayur along with others reached the spot, they found Bankhele lying in a pool of blood stained with bullets. His two-wheeler was lying next to him.
Police investigation later revealed that around 2.30 pm that day, three men chased and shot at Bankhele. A joint investigation was launched by the local crime branch of Pune Rural Police and Manchar police station, which has jurisdiction over the area.
the inspection
Bankhele’s brother names Jadhav as prime suspect in the case First Information Report ,FIR) he filed. Along with Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder, the police later invoked Section 120B for criminal conspiracy also holding that the murder was well-planned and premeditated. The police have so far arrested seven people in this case, who are said to be related to Jadhav. He has also invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) in the murder case.
Pune Rural Police officials said Jadhav’s last known location was in Rajasthan. Meanwhile, a case of attempt to murder has also been registered against Jadhav in Ganganagar area of Rajasthan, he said. In the Bankhele massacre, almost cold roads started heating up as Jadhav’s name cropped up with Mahakal in the Moosewala massacre.
The Pune Rural Police on Wednesday said that soon after Bankhele’s murder, Mahakal provided Jadhav a hiding place as they were looking for him. Police have registered a case against Mahakal under the provisions of MCOCA for helping Jadhav after the murder of Bankhele.