1 Arrested In Maharashtra Film Director's Suicide Case: Police

The accused had secured anticipatory bail in the case of Raju Sapte's death but was taken into custody at Pune's Wakad police station on Sunday.

A person accused in the case of suicide of Marathi art and film director Raju Sapte was arrested from neighbouring Pune district of Maharashtra on charges of extortion, police said on Monday. The accused, Gangeshwarlal Shrivastav, had secured anticipatory bail in the case of Sapte's death, but was taken into custody at Pune's Wakad police station on Sunday after he appeared there to mark his attendance in the wake of his bail condition, a police official said. On July 31, a labourer lodged an FIR with Dindoshi police in Mumbai against Shrivastav and three others - Rakesh Maurya, Rajesh Anubhave and Ashok Dubey - alleging that they were not paying his dues worth around Rs 2.5 lakh and instead, asking for money to release the payment and threatening him, he said. The Dindoshi police had later arrested Rajesh Anubhave, the official said.