Still building Navleen146;s case8230;

When they arrived at Yerwada Jail by noon the next day, the CID team was told that Patil was in a private nursing home in Guruwar Peth, 8216;8216;undergoing treatment for a heart condition8217;8217;. It was found that Patil had been admitted there since June 4.

8216;8216;Imagine our shock when we saw his wife Seema in the room with him,8217;8217; says a CID official, adding that the policemen guarding Patil were not around. But records at the Khadak Police Station specify that a sub-inspector, a head constable and two constables are manning Patil, he adds.

The Indian Express sent a team posing as lawyers to Pune. Here8217;s what the team found:

8226; Mira Nursing Home, on the first floor of Mansuram Naik Apartment, 733, Rashtra Bhushan Chowk, Guruwar Peth, is a 20-bed, flat-turned-nursing home with an operation theatre and delivery room.

8226; Nurses and Dr Kishore Chipole, the doctor treating Patil, say he8217;s suffering from hypertension, 8216;8216;a heart condition8217;8217; and diabetes.

While the hypertension is confirmed by authorities on condition of anonymity in Yerwada Jail, they add that Patil 8216;8216;complained of chest pain8217;8217; and 8216;8216;chose8217;8217; the clinic over the government-run Sasoon Hospital for tests and treatment. There8217;s no mention of diabetes.

8226; Back at the nursing home, an unarmed constable is on guard outside Patil8217;s 8216;special room8217;.

Top officials at the Inspectorate of Prisons insist Patil 8212; a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Prevention Act offender and noted goon 8212; should be guarded by armed police no less than a sub-inspector, a head constable and two constables. Inspector V. Pawar of Khadak Police Station is out of town. No officer will comment.

8226; Dr Chipole says Seema Patil underwent 8216;8216;piles8217;8217; surgery and was 8216;8216;discharged on Sunday8217;8217;.

8226; In the two-bed 8216;special room8217;, a relaxed Manik Patil lies on a bed. There8217;s no sign of medication anywhere. No ventilator, no oxygen mask 8212; not even a diet chart.

Contacted hours later, Dr Chipole refused comment.

LOOKING BACK

8226; June 19, 2002: Navleen Kumar far left, a Nallasopara-based activist is murdered on the terrace of her building. A threat to the building mafia in the Vasai-Virar belt, she often won back Adivasi land

8226; January 2003: Samir Ansari, one of her four alleged murderers, is arrested. The other three Thane-based goons were allegedly killed in an October 2002 inter-gang rivalry. During interrogation, Ansari names Manik Patil as the one who ordered, hired and paid for Kumar8217;s murder

8226; October 2003: CID gets court order seeking custodial interrogation of Manik Patil. Jail authorities refuse permission on ground that a convicted prisoner8217;s fate lies with the Home Department

8226; November 19, 2003-March 25, 2004: Permission letter with Law and Judiciary Department

8226; March 25-June 5, 2004: Letter with Home Department

8226; June 4: Manik Patil gets admitted to Mira Nursing Home, Pune, with a 8216;8216;heart condition8217;8217;

8226; June 6: MoS Home Kripashankar Singh signs letter

8226; June 18: CID receives faxed permission letter. Valid for 8216;8216;15 days from receival8217;8217;