Corporator accused of murder in cop custody

NAVI MUMBAI: A local court has remanded NCP corporator from Airoli, Bholanath Thakur, and his two aides in police custody till May 15 for the murder of Dighe resident Sahdev Dandekar. Thakur and his aides Ramu Koli and Leeladhar Babade were arrested by Rabale police for barging into Dandekar’s house in Ishwar Nagar, Dighe, and firing at him and stabbing him on Sunday over a property dispute.A fourth accused is on the run.
A police officer said Dandekar had earlier filed complaints with the police and NMMC against the corporator with regard to a chawl the former owned in Dighe. The victim’s kin also told police that Thakur had been pressuring him to sell off his chawl property so that a new building could come up at the spot.