Pune: Man arrested for issuing death threat to NCP chief Sharad Pawar

A man from Pune was arrested for alleged involvement in issuing a death threat to Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, a Mumbai Police official said on Monday (June 12).

The accused, Sagar Barve, is working in the data feeding and analytics section of a private firm, the official said.

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“The Mumbai Crime Branch, which was probing the case, brought Barve to Mumbai. He was presented in court and has been remanded in police custody till Tuesday (June 13),” the official said.

Mumbai crime branch arrested a 34-year-old man from Pune in connection with a threat call to NCP chief Sharad Pawar. The accused has been identified as Sagar Barve. The police produced him in a court today where the court has sent him to police custody till Tuesday (June 13):…

— ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2023

The NCP on June 9 claimed 82-year-old Pawar received a message on social media threatening him with a fate similar to anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar, who was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013.

(With inputs from agencies)