Pune, May 23 -- On Sunday, when the 17-year-old son of one of Pune's prominent builders was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) after he was caught for driving under influence running over two people, his grandfather stood surety for his bail. He also assured the JJB that the minor would mend his ways.
It has now emerged that the grandfather who started the family's construction business allegedly has underworld connections and was booked by Pune police for hiring a mercenary from Chhota Rajan's gang to bump off a Shiv Sena corporator, Ajay Bhosale.
According to CBI, which has charge-sheeted the boy's grandfather, he allegedly contracted Chhota Rajan in 2009 to execute Bhosale's murder. The grandfather - who cannot be named a...