The Panvel sessions court on Wednesday denied permission to Abhay Kurunkdar, prime accused in the murder case of Assistant Police Inspector Ashwini Gore-Bidre to attend his wife's post-death rituals on Tuesday. His wife passed away on April 15 in Kolhapur due to COVID-19 infection.

Bidre was allegedly murdered by Senior Police Inspector Abhay Kurundkar on April 11, 2016, at his residence in Bhayander