Paulson is also an accused in MiD DAY journalist J Dey’s murder.

Additional Public Prosecutor MM Deshmukh moved the application, which is likely to be heard on Monday before a division bench of justices VM Kanade and PD Kode. The prosecution’s contention is that Paulson, a former NCP politician who is an alleged member of the Chhota Rajan syndicate, had supplied international SIM cards to the killers involved in both murders.