Kalyan court has directed the additional commissioner of Thane police for East Region to change the investigating officer (IO) in the case involving the alleged murder of gangster Naresh Pahalajani alias Naresh Chaddi. The order came days after the deceased's family appealed for the probe to be handed over to a new IO, accusing the current one of protecting the accused.

First Class Judicial Magistrate of Kalyan court IAS Qureshi on Monday directed additional CP Datta Karale to remove divisional Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Kalyan, Anil Powar from the case and appoint an officer of the same rank to lead the investigation.