Along the 3 km route of the funeral procession, from Achole Village to the crematorium at Tulinj, the mob did not spare a single poster of Vasai Vikas Mandal featuring Hitendra Thakur.

According to deputy superintendent of police Chandrshekar Chowgule, only those banners that had the pictures of the suspects were targeted by the mob.

Dhule’s elder brother Ishwar Dhule, also a RPI leader, had given names of suspects in the FIR at the Nallasopara police station. The police is now keenly pursuing three of those named- Sikander Sheikh, Arvind Singh alias Dara and his brother Randha Singh. All three have previous criminal records including murder and incidentally they had entered Vasai Vikas Manch, the regional political outfit of MLA Hitendra Thakur. Dhule also spoke of the involvement of Bilal Sheikh, Anil Singh and Aslam Sirodaya.