India, June 1 -- Nilesh Chavan, a close aide of the Hagawane family and co-accused in the alleged Vaishnavi Hagawane dowry death case, was produced before the court on Saturday. Following the arguments presented by the prosecution and the defense, the court remanded Chavan to police custody until June 3.

Vaishnavi, 26, allegedly died by suicide at her in-laws' residence in Pune's Bavdhan area on May 16, with her kin alleging that her in-laws, the Hagawanes, and others had tortured her for dowry. Her father-in-law Rajendra Hagawane, husband Shashank Hagawane, mother-in-law Lata, sister-in-law Karishma and brother-in-law Sushil were later arrested in the dowry harassment-suicide case.

The prosecution argued that Chavan played a serious ro...