A Thane court has extended the police custody of Subhash alias Pappya Shinde by a day, while co-accused Santosh Kanojia alias Talli and Amit Singh alias Paplu, arrested in Prayagraj last week, have been remanded to seven days of police custody

With their arrests, the number of people arrested in the case has risen to five. Purnekar, the ward chief of Shiv Sena (UBT) in Manpada, was killed on September 29. He was shot at and attacked with a chopper