India, May 28 -- A local court on Tuesday remanded five individuals, accused of aiding prime suspect Rajendra Hagwane in his daughter-in-law Vaishnavi's alleged death by suicide case, to 14-day judicial custody.

The accused - Pritam Patil, son of former Karnataka energy minister Veer Kumar Patil; Bandu Phatak, a farmhouse owner from Maval; Rahul Jadhav and Amol Jadhav from Pusegaon in Satara; and Mohan Bhegade from Talegaon Dabhade - are alleged to have helped Rajendra and his son Sushil to evade arrest.

According to police sources, investigators had sought police custody of the five, stating that further interrogation was needed to determine whether they had provided financial assistance or shelter to Hagawane during his time on the ru...