According to officials, a team of police raided the house of the accused, who was identified as Anant Jain alias Shontu, but he managed to escape. The raiding team however seized more than Rs 17 crore in cash, gold, and silver from his house.
The accused Mohammad Imran Mohammad Yunus Khan (23) and Mohammad Yunus Mohammad Yakub Saki (24) were produced before a judicial magistrate (first class) court on Wednesday after being arrested by Pune Police on Tuesday early morning from the Kothrud area of the city, during the patrolling.
The police said that after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s decision on withdrawing Rs 2000 notes from circulation, the Naxalites were constantly trying to exchange the currency notes that they allegedly collected through extortion.
The incident took place when devotees tried to gain entry into Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj's temple in Alandi, during a ceremonial procession on Sunday morning.
A body of an unidentified woman was found, wrapped in a cloth, tied with cello tape, and thrown at Retibunder in Thane district's Mumbra on Saturday, police said.
Saifi, 27, a native of Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police and Central Intelligence after the train arson attack case.
Maharashtra Police recovered a huge amount of animal organs and weapon from a farmhouse in Pawarwadi of Nashik and apprehended three in connection with the matter.
"The situation is peaceful now and till now we have arrested 56 people. The accused are being identified with the help of CCTV footage," Krushikesh Rawale, ASP, Jalgaon said.