Mankar arrested and remanded to police custody 

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Soon after the surrendering to Pune city police in an abetment to suicide Deepak Mankar has been charged under the stringent MCOCAcase was remanded him to police custody for six days by the Special judge A S Mahale on Wednesday.

On Wednesday Mankar the former deputy mayor and NCP corporator Deepak Mankar who surrenderred before Pune city police on Wednesday, in connection with abetment of suicide of Jitendra Jagtap, brother of policeman Shailesh Jagtap, in a land dispute case has been slapped under the charges of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) by the Additional Commissioner of Police Ravindra Sengoankar.

After the Apex court rejected the bail, the  former mayor and NCP’s corporator Deepak Mankar on Wednesday morning surrender to Police.

Mankar along with Sudhir Karnatki and others has been booked by Samaratha Police station after a local land dealer Jitendra Haribhau Jagtap (52) committed suicide. Jitendra’s body was found in two parts near Hadapsar railway station after he allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of an oncoming train on June 5.

A day later based on the suicide note and picture in his pocket the Samaratha police station registered the case of abatement to suicide based on the deceased’s son Jayesh (26). Jitendra’s brother Shailendra is noted cop with Pune police better known as gunman.

Initially, Jitendra’s death was recorded as an accidental death by the Pune railway police later his son registered a criminal case with Pune city police.The Supreme Court on July 27 had dismissed their bail and ordered them to appear before police within 10 days. in this case total nine people are booked of which police have arrested five, while four including Mankar was on run and approached Session, High court and Supreme court for anticipatory bail but the courts rejected his bail pleas.

According to police, deceased son Jayesh had claimed in his statement that Mankar and Karnataki were pressuring his father Jitendra to release possession of land, measuring 15,000 sq ft, located at Rasta Peth in front of Samarth police station for three months. The duo had also forced him to sign a blank paper. Jitendra had been looking after the land for many years and was also attached with Mankar’s financial affairs for 12 years.

According to police, “Jitendra was harassed to leave possession of land. Mankar and Karnataki had threatened to abduct the family members and to implicate his uncle Shailesh, a constable at Lashkar police station, in a false case. on June first week, five unknown people reached home and warned his father to vacate the land immediately. The goons also told him to click a group picture with his father. After sometime, when the goons left, complainant’s father also left the spot. Mankar had promised to give them flat, a shop and Rs 1 crore, but eventually, he backed out and pressured him.”

On Tuesday late night, Mankar surrendered before the Cantonment police station before Assistant commissioner of Police (ACP) Jayashree Gaikwad who is investigating the said case and on Wednesdaymorning he was shown arrested and on Wednesday evening under huge police bandobast he was produced in the Court.

Mankar with huge police bandobast was produced before Special judge Mahale around 6 pm. His supporters were gathered outside the court premises.

Additional Public Prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar prayed for seven days of police custody and argued, “Mankar has not learnt his lesson from past experiences as there are 15 cases registered against him. He terrorise, use force and threaten people to act on his move. In the present case, Mankar is kingpin of the incident and in order to probe the case in depth his police custody is essential as post incident he is on run and even the Apex court has rejected the bail. Police have evoke MCOCA against him and his gang.”

While Mankar’s lawyers Sudhir Shah, Chinmay Bhosale and Pushkar Durge argued that Mankar is falsely implicated in this case and in past out of the 15 cases that have been registered against him court has released him acquittal in 14 such cases. The police have unnecessary envoke MCOCA against him and his members. This case need to be deal under abetment to suicide of IPC.”

There are around 15 cases filed against Mankar of which 14 case he has been acquittal.

The crime branch, Pune, had arrested Mankar on July 2, 2009, for allegedly trying to grab the land of a retired professor, Yashwant Natu (65), of Shukrawar Peth.