A local court remanded lawyer Gunaratna Sadavarte to police custody till April 18 in connection with a case of alleged use of objectionable language during the agitations for Maratha reservation in 2020. Sadavarte was brought to Satara on Thursday and was arrested in the case registered against him at Satara city police station.

The lawyer was produced before a court and was remanded to police custody till April 18. Public prosecutor Anjum Pathan had sought police custody for 14 days, citing that the accused's voice samples need to be taken and a probe needs to be conducted to find out if he was instigated by someone to make objectionable comments.