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Mumbai court acquits Padamsinh Patil and seven others in 2006 Pawanraje murder case
The Indian Express··20 Jun
Indian Express reported that a special CBI court on June 20 acquitted eight accused including former NCP minister Padamsinh Patil, brother of Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar, in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
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What It Means For You
- A two-decade political murder case ends in acquittal.
- CBI probe quality faces scrutiny after witness hostility.
- Maharashtra politics intertwines with the Sena defection crisis.
What's Happening
- Eight accused were acquitted on June 20.
- Padamsinh Patil appeared in court in a wheelchair.
- The case moved from Navi Mumbai police to CBI in 2008.
Case History
- Pawanraje and his driver were shot on June 3, 2006.
- Anna Hazare testified shooters were also contracted to kill him.
- The Supreme Court transferred the trial citing influence concerns.
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