Mumbai: NCP supporters rallied outside Panvel court for their leader and MP Padamsinh Patil who was arrested in connection with the murder of Congressman Pawanraje Nimbalkar in June 2006.
Patil's remand was extended till June 20, granted on grounds that the CBI needed to question him on the money trail. Other key accused Mohan Shukla and Parasmal Jain -- in their confessional statement -- have said that Patil paid them Rs 1 crore to kill Nimbalkar.
The CBI has also located a man Pintu Singh from UP. Pintu, the authorities claim, was the one who shot Nimbalkar.
Besides confessional statements there is little direct evidence against Patil -- a reason that the CBI might find it difficult to prove that he was the prime conspirator.