Overview
- Nanded police registered a case after Jeevan Ghogre Patil accused MLA Prataprao Chikhalikar and former legislator Mohanrao Hambarde of orchestrating the attack.
- Officers have arrested seven suspects in the kidnapping and assault and said three of those detained have previous criminal records.
- CCTV footage described by reporters shows Patil’s Innova being intercepted and him being pulled into another SUV before the assailants drove away.
- Police officials said the crime stemmed from a ₹2 crore financial dispute, while Chikhalikar denied involvement and called the allegation a political conspiracy.
- Patil told investigators he was beaten, threatened with death with references to a “future minister Chikhlikar” and to Santosh Deshmukh, and forced at gunpoint to claim he was safe; he remains hospitalized and supporters called a Nanded bandh.