Hours after gangster Gajanan Marne was released from the high-security Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai, he was booked by the police to ensure public order is maintained.
Soon after his release, Marne started towards Pune and a procession of his followers formed outside the prison premises, who were cheering for him and bursting firecrackers.
Marne alias Gaja Pandharinath Marne alias Maharaj (50), was going back via the Mumbai-Pune Expressway after his release following an acquittal in a murder case.
Flower petals were showered, drones were used and firecrackers were burst, which was a total violation of the Covid-19 norms, according to eye-witnesses.
A case under Sections 188, 143, 286 of Indian Penal Code read with Section 37(1) with 135 of Maharashtra Police Act and Section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act was registered at Talegaon Dabhade police station.
“It is a serious issue...he has been booked,” Pimpri-Chinchwad police commissioner Krishna Prakash said.