Nagpur: Sakkardara police arrested Umesh Dahake, who is an accused in the sensational Pintu Shirke murder case and was absconding after coming out of jail during Covid-19 outbreak. He was hiding in his sister’s house in Yogeshwar Nagar in Nagpur.
On June 19, 2002, the notorious goon Swapnil alias Pintu Shirke was lynched inside District and Sessions Court premises in Nagpur. During the trial, the District and Sessions Court had awarded life imprisonment to seven convicts in 2013.
The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court maintained lifer awarded to prime accused and former Corporator Vijay Mate, notorious goon Raju Bhadre, Umesh Dahake, Kiran Kaithe, Dinesh Gayaki, Ritesh Gawande, and Kamlesh Nimbarte, while dismissing their criminal appeals challenging the Sessions Court’s conviction. The Supreme Court had also upheld the High Court verdict in awarding life imprisonment to the accused.