Accused father-in-law Rajendra Hagawane and brother-in-law Sushil Hagawane have been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days in the Vaishnavi Hagawane case. Co-accused Nilesh Chavan has been remanded to police custody until June 7 on Tuesday.
The three accused were produced in court on Tuesday by the Bavdhan police. Their police custody ended today, following which the court heard the matter. Pimpri Chinchwad Police requested an extension of police custody to interrogate all three accused together.
However, the court remanded Rajendra Hagawane and Sushil Hagawane to judicial custody for 14 days, while Nilesh Chavan remains in police custody.
The Pune police on Friday detained Chavan from Uttar Pradesh's Maharajganj close to the India-Nepal border.
Vaishnavi Hagawane suicide case
Vaishnavi (26) allegedly committed suicide in Pune's Bavdhan area on May 16, with her kin alleging that her in-laws and others had tortured her for dowry. Her father-in-law Rajendra Hagawane was subsequently expelled from the NCP.
Chavan was on the run since a case was registered against him for allegedly threatening the Kaspate family with a gun after they went to his residence to take custody of Vaishnavi's baby. After Vaishnavi's death, her 9-month-old child was with Chavan, who is close to the Hagawane family, officials have said.
The Warje police have booked Chavan for showing a gun, while a case under the Juvenile Justice Act was registered at Bavdhan police station against him for not taking proper care of the child, an official had said on Friday.
Rajendra Hagawane, Vaishnavi's husband Shashank, mother-in-law Lata, brother-in-law Sushil, and sister-in-law Karishma have been arrested in the alleged dowry harassment-suicide case.
