India, June 4 -- The Maharashtra state excise department's Pune division is set to initiate steps to secure the custodial interrogation of Yogesh Wankhede, the prime accused in the Pune hooch tragedy, sources said on Wednesday.

Wankhede is in the custody of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) until June 8. Sources said the excise department is expected to move the court soon seeking his custody for further investigation.

"Three accused questioned in the case have stated that Wankhede, with whom they had been associated for over four years, supplied liquor to them," a senior officer from the state excise department's Pune division said.

The excise department had arrested Akash Jadhav, Irfan Nisar Qureshi and Aryan Sanjay Dhotre in ...