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State to enquire into police officer’s role in weapons licence to Hagawanes: CM

When asked about the large number of weapons licences issued in Pune in the last two years, Fadnavis said the state government will look into this and cancel those that have been illegally issued.

HagawaneWhen asked about the large number of weapons licences issued in Pune in the last two years, Fadnavis said the state government will look into this and cancel those that have been illegally issued. (File)

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the state government will enquire into the role of senior police officer Jalinder Supekar’s, a relative of an accused in the dowry death case, alleged involvement in issuing weapons licences to members of the Hagawane family.

“We have received complaints about it and have started enquiring into it. Some decisions (about Supekar) have been taken to ensure there is no influence or interference in the investigation of the death of Vaishnavi,” Fadnavis said after a book release function in the city.

When asked about the large number of weapons licences issued in Pune in the last two years, Fadnavis said the state government will look into this and cancel those that have been illegally issued.
Speaking about the arrest of Nilesh Chavan, who is accused of cruelty towards Vaishnavi Hagwane’s 10-month-old son, from the Nepal border, the Chief Minister said Chavan was planning to escape to Nepal but was nabbed by police after getting proper intelligence inputs.

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“I had been told that no one will be spared in the case. There will be no negligence tolerated and our efforts would be to ensure strict punishment to the accused,” he said.

Chavan had taken custody of Vaishnavi’s 10-month-old child after the arrest of expelled NCP leader Rajendra Hagawane and his fmaily and refused to give custody to the parents of Vaishnavi. However, he later escaped and the child’s custody was given to Vaishnavi’s parents.

Speaking about the Ladki Bahin scheme, the CM said the state government was implementing it and had found that few ineligible people took benefit of the scheme so they were being removed from the list of beneficiaries.


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