Pune : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Rajesh alias Raja Gorde (42) was arrested on Saturday for allegedly setting ablaze three Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) buses in Kothrud on October 21.

 

 

The Kothrud police have already booked MNS chief Raj Thackeray and corporators Kishore Shinde and Ravindra Dhangekar in the case.

 

The incident happened after the arrest of Thackeray in Ratnagiri on October 21. Protesting the arrest of their leader, the MNS workers set three PMPML buses ablaze in Kothrud. The police have registered 63 cases and arrested 259 people for creating tension in the city.

“We have booked Gorde under section 435 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage) of the India Penal Code,” senior inspector Gautam Deshmukh told TOI. “We had already arrested three people in this connection, identified as Vaibhav Nandgude (26), Dayanand Gaikwad (34) and Shankar Gondhale (33) all from Kothrud. Gorde’s name was revealed during the interrogation of the three suspects.

Gorde was produced before judicial magistrate first class A.K. Mandavgade on Sunday afternoon, who remanded him to police custody till October 27.(TOI)