Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver, Samad Abdul Wahid Kazi, were killed in Navi Mumbai approximately 20 years prior to the verdict. A special CBI court set June 20 for the verdict in the case, according to The Hindu. Another report, from Hindustan Times, stated that the same court acquitted all nine accused. Accounts differ on whether the verdict was delivered before June 20 or is still pending. The accused included former Maharashtra home minister Padamsinh Patil, Latur-based businessman Satish Mandade, former Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation councillor Mohan Shukla, Parasmal Badala (Jain), Dinesh Tiwari and Pintusingh Chaudhary, who were accused of carrying out the killings, BSP worker Kailash Yadav from Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar district, Kailash Yadav’s close aide Gyanendra Pande, and former State Excise officer Shashikant Kulkarni. The CBI prosecution examined over 100 witnesses, including activist Anna Hazare. Sunetra Pawar, the sister of Pawanraje Nimbalkar, is the wife of Ajit Pawar.