In Maharashtra, a Kolhapur court has remanded Samir Gaikwad to judicial custody in connection with the Communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare murder case. The court yesterday rejected police's plea for further custody of Gaikwad, a member of Sanatan Sanstha group, who was arrested in Sangli on September 16 by the special investigation team of Maharashtra Police. Mr Pansare and his wife were shot by unidentified persons in Kolhapur during their morning walk on February 16 this year. While his wife survived, the CPI leader died at a Mumbai hospital four days later.