A court has sent lawyer Gunaratna Sadavarte to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with a case of alleged use of objectionable language during agitations for Maratha reservation in 2020.

Sadavarte was arrested by the Satara city police last week after securing his custody from their Mumbai counterparts, who had earlier apprehended him in a separate case related to a protest by striking state transport undertaking employees outside the residence of NCP president Sharad Pawar's in the metropolis. At the end of his police remand on Monday, Sadavarte was produced before a court in western Maharashtra's Satara city which sent him to 14-day judicial custody, said officials.