<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>“It is a serious issue...he has been booked,” Pimpri-Chinchwad police commissioner Krishna Prakash said.</p>
<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>“It is a serious issue...he has been booked,” Pimpri-Chinchwad police commissioner Krishna Prakash said.</p>