Overview

• Nilesh Chavan, a close associate of the Hagawane family, was arrested near Sonauli on the India-Nepal border after a nine-day manhunt and remanded to Pune police custody until June 3.
• The Child Welfare Committee granted legal custody of Vaishnavi’s nine-month-old son to his maternal grandmother, Swati Kaspate, after a social investigation deemed her fit.
• Police are investigating whether Chavan threatened Vaishnavi’s parents at gunpoint and have initiated cancellation of gun licences held by him and Hagawane family members.
• Investigators have expanded their inquiry to include Chavan’s financial connections with Rajendra, Shashank and Sushil Hagawane, alongside earlier fraud allegations against the in-laws.
• Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has vowed strict action against all responsible, and Special IG Jalindar Supekar was relieved of additional prison department duties over allegations of shielding accused.