A Thane court on Monday extended the police custody of Subhash alias Pappya Shinde, the first accused arrested in the murder of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Pradeep Purnekar, by a day. The court also remanded two suspects recently arrested in Uttar Pradesh to seven days of police custody, a lawyer told news agency PTI.

Shinde is a resident of Thane, while co-accused Santosh Kanojia alias Talli and Amit Singh alias Paplu were apprehended by a Thane Police team in Prayagraj last week.