The Nationalist Congress Party said on Monday that it will "completely dissociate" itself from party MP Padamsinh Patil, arrested in the murder case of a Maharashtra Congress leader, if the charges against him are proved.
"If the charges are proved, then the NCP will completely dissociate itself from Patil," senior NCP leader and Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told media-persons in New Delhi. He, however, noted that it was too early to comment on the involvement of the NCP MP in the crime. "As of now, the party has nothing to do with it (the case) as it is something between the investigative agencies and Patil," the Union Minister said.
Patil, an MP from Osmanabad in Marathawada region, was arrested by the CBI on Sunday in connection with the murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver Samad Kazi, who were shot dead in a car in Navi Mumbai in June 2006. The CBI lawyer told a court that two of the arrested accused had claimed that Patil had given a 'supari' (contract)