India, June 11 -- The Warje-Malwadi police on Tuesday took custody of Shashank Hagawane and Nilesh Chavan in the firearm licence forgery case. The action comes a day after the Kothrud police detained Sushil Hagawane in a parallel investigation into fraudulent procurement of weapon licence.

Shashank and Chavan are accused of submitting forged documents to obtain arms licence. Chavan is also accused of threatening the parents of deceased Vaishanavi Hagawane when they were seeking custody of her child.

According to the police, the Hagawane brothers allegedly used forged address proofs and misleading information while applying for weapon licences.

The accused, lodged in Yerawada Central Prison, were taken by Warje-Malwadi police and will b...