Five arrested over NCP workers’ murders in Ahmednagar, police hunt for prime suspect

“We have arrested five persons who are accomplices of the main suspect in the case. Our search for the main suspect, Govind Gaikwad, is on,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police, Karjat division, Sudarshan Munde. “A complaint filed by Yogesh Ralebhat’s brother as well as our subsequent probe has revealed that four to five assailants, who came on bikes and whose faces were covered, opened fire on Yogesh. Rakesh tried to stop them, so they shot him also. The two victims were shot in the chest,” said Munde.

As per the police complaint, over a year ago, Yogesh and Rakesh had a dispute with some people about putting up flex boards with political messages. The two NCP workers had been involved in frequent fights with the other group, it stated.