Pune: An externed criminal succumbed to grievous injuries he suffered in a brawl over bill payment with the staffers of a restaurant-cum-bar near Navale bridge around 12.30am on Thursday, after he violated his two-year externment order barely a month after it was served on him. Police identified the deceased as Hanumant alias Gotya Dattatraya Shejwal (33).
He was externed on July 27 from Pune city, Pimpri Chinchwad and rural areas of the district. Ganesh Ashok Kulkarni, one of the associates of the bar's staffers, was hit on the head with a beer bottle and a steel jar. He was admitted to the ICU of a private hospital.
His condition was reported as stable, the Sinhagad Road police said. He is a friend of one of the bar managers. The bar managers — Biplab Sarkar (35) and Vikas Murkute (30) — were arrested early Friday morning.
The police filed a case against Kulkarni on charges of murder and other offences. "A city court ordered custodial remand of Sarkar and Murkute till Aug 26. We will arrest Kulkarni once he is discharged from hospital," senior inspector Anandrao Khobre said.
In another case related to the incident, the police arrested two friends of Shejwal, who attacked Kulkarni, on the charge of causing grievous hurt, Khobre said. Late Thursday night, Shejwal and his three aides had dinner at the Classic Family Restaurant & Bar near Navale bridge. A dispute started between him and the bar staffers over the payment of Rs-1,200 bill and it soon escalated into a brawl as.