Two country-made pistols and three live cartridges have been recovered from two persons in connection with the killing of a Dalit youth in Shirdi who had Ambedkar song as his ringtone, police said today.
One pistol was recovered from a flower shop of Rupesh Wadekar, an accused in Dalit youth Sagar Shejwal's murder case, on May 18, Shirdi Police Station Inspector Pramod Wagh said.
We conducted a raid following interrogation of Somnath Wadekar, Rupesh's uncle and another accused in the case, he said.
Rupesh, who is in police custody, revealed that he had purchased pistol from one Datta Dahale. Following this, a raid was conducted at Dahale's residence in Srirampur on May 25 and another pistol and three live cartridges were recovered, the officer said.
Dahale on the same night was also arrested and a case under relevant sections of the Arms Act was registered against the duo, the officer said.
Meanwhile, a local court has remanded Dahale in police custody till June 1.
On May 16, 21-year-old Dalit youth Sagar Shejwal was killed in Shirdi town of Ahmednagar district allegedly for keeping a song on Babasaheb Ambedkar as his mobile ring tone by eight youths, four of whom were arrested.
