Nomination papers incomplete, gangster in jail for grandson's murder to complete process on Mon

Pune, Dec 27 (PTI) With face covered using a black cloth and hands tied, local gang leader Bandu Andekar, in jail for the alleged murder of his grandson, was brought by police on Saturday to a government office here for filing of nomination papers for the upcoming Pune civic polls.

A special MCOCA court here on Friday granted conditional permission to Andekar to file his nomination papers as an independent candidate.

However, the elections officials said that since the form was incomplete, it was not accepted.

The nomination papers will have to be re-filed again on Monday, they added.

Andekar's sister-in-law Laxmi Andekar and daughter-in-law Sonali Andekar, also accused in the same case, also filed their nomination papers as per the court's permission.

Municipal corporation elections in Pune and 28 other civic bodies in the state are scheduled to be held on January 15.

Andekar, with his face covered with a black cloth and hands tied with a rope, was brought to the designated nomination filing centre in Bhavani Peth area of the city in a police van from the Yerawada central jail. As he was escorted inside the centre, Andekar raised slogans in his own support.

Talking to PTI, his lawyer advocate Mithun Chavan said Andekar's relatives filed their nomination papers as independent candidates at the Bhavani Peth ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

"The nomination papers of Andekar were submitted today but there are some documents that need to be furnished and the procedure will be done on Monday," Chavan informed.

Ayush was shot dead on September 5 in Nana Peth. He is the son of Ganesh Komkar, who is an accused in the murder case of former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator and Bandu Andekar's son Vanraj Andekar.

Bandu alias Suryakant Ranoji Andekar (70), Laxmi Udaykant Andekar (60), Sonali Vanraj Andekar (36), all residents of Nana Peth, along with 15 others, are in judicial custody for their alleged involvement in the killing. PTI SPK NP BNM