BJP corporator Akash Purohit remanded to judicial custody in 2020 BEST protest case

Updated On: 06 August, 2026 08:37 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent

Mumbai sessions court remanded BJP corporator Akash Purohit to judicial custody after rejecting his plea to cancel a non-bailable warrant in a 2020 protest case. Purohit and others are accused of wrongfully confining the then BEST GM and assaulting police personnel during an electricity supply protest

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BJP corporator Akash Purohit was remanded to judicial custody on Wednesday after a sessions court rejected his plea seeking cancellation of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against him for failing to appear in a 2020 case related to a protest over electricity supply in Mumbai.

As reported by PTI, Purohit was taken into custody after the court declined to recall the warrant, which had been issued following his absence during the scheduled hearing.