On Sunday, special judge K D Wadane granted a 90-day extension to Pune city police for filing a chargesheet against the five people arrested on June 6 in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case on charges of alleged Maoist links.

The chargesheet was to be filed against lawyer Surendra Gadling, professor Shoma Sen, activists Mahesh Raut, Sudhir Dhawale, and Rona Wilson, all of whom were held on June 6 for links with the controversial event. They could have secured bail after September 3, had the cops not asked for an extension.