Overview
- Shivaji Rathod was arrested by the Maharashtra ATS on Friday in Nagpur, and officers said they recovered an empty timer box like the one used in the device from his shop.
- Pune’s police chief said Friday that forensic checks found no explosive material in the hospital device and that investigators have ruled out a terror link.
- The scare began Wednesday when a hospital staffer spotted a timer-fitted, bomb-like object near a washroom, and the bomb squad moved it to the Hadapsar Gliding Centre for safe neutralisation.
- Police registered an attempt to murder case and combed CCTV and technical trails, though at least one person seen in video footage was later cleared of any role.
- Security has been tightened at hospitals and public places in Pune as ATS and city police interrogate the suspect and look for any accomplices or signs of an extortion plot.