The state co-ordinator of Nitesh Rane's Swabhiman Sanghatana Annu Angrey and another person was arrested by the Thane Crime Branch here today for allegedly opening fire at a person here in 2013, the police said.
The police detained the two today under provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), 1999 and gave their names as Annu Angrey and Siddhu Pawar, the police said.
It was on July 28, 2013, that they came to Ghodbunder locality and opened fire at one Tatya Patil, a notorious criminal, who escaped the attack.
The Kasarwadavali police had already arrested seven people in connection with the incident, while Angrey and Pawar were evading arrest.
Annu Angrey has a number of crimes registered against him in various police stations, related to extortion, firing, attempt to murder and spreading terror.
