The brother of slain gangster Naresh Aasandas Pahalajani alias Naresh Chaddi has filed a criminal revision petition, demanding that the murder case be transferred to a competent authority, for a fair investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT). He alleged that the Thane cops are shielding the powerful accused.

Chaddi was found dead in his rented Kalyan flat on February 3, 2016. The Directorate of Forensic Science and Laboratory, in a report in December 2019, said Chaddi died of “asphyxia” with “contusions and abrasions over body (unnatural)”. The Khadakpada police filed an FIR on February 28, 2020, following mid-day’s front-page report on the case.