Nanded, Oct 27 (PTI) Nanded Police in Maharashtra have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death of a 40-year-old farmer whose body was allegedly found at the office of a finance company here, officials said on Tuesday.
The body of Chandrakant Dagduji Shinde, a resident of Malkotha village in Mudkhed tehsil of the district, was found at the office of KF Enterprises last week.
According to the complaint lodged by his wife Jyoti Shinde, two unidentified persons forced him to sit on a motorcycle on the evening of October 22 and took him to the finance company’s office.
He was allegedly confined there for two days and assaulted, the complaint stated.
A case was registered at Vazirabad police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including those pertaining to murder and abduction.
Police have arrested Jaikumar alias Bhaiya Bhagwan Gaikwad (22), Shaikh Aamer Shaikh Saheb Hussain (25), Imraan Khan Shahbaz Khan (40) and Shaikh Mudassir Shaikh Khadir (24).
The SIT will be headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Rameshwar Wajane.
Police have appealed to farmers and others facing threats or harassment from finance companies for loan recovery to contact their nearest police station or call the emergency helpline 112 instead of taking any extreme step.
Police cases will be registered against officials and recovery agents of finance companies harassing farmers for loan repayment during the ongoing drought, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule had said earlier in the day.
The direction was issued by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the wake of the incident in Nanded, Bawankule told reporters. PTI COR KRK
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