Overview
- Rashmi Shukla submitted an SIT-based report before her January 3 retirement recommending an FIR against ex-DGP Sanjay Pandey, DCP Laxmikant Patil and ACP Sardar Patil.
- The report alleges the trio sought to implicate Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde by reopening a 2016 Thane Nagar Police Station extortion case.
- Police sources cited by multiple reports say there is no clear legal basis to register an FIR over an alleged intention to arrest, and they questioned the proposal.
- BJP leaders demanded a full probe and punitive tests for Pandey, while Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut dismissed Shukla as an RSS loyalist and rejected her report.
- Developer Sanjay Punamiya’s 2024 complaint led to an extortion case against Pandey and others, with police sources claiming ACP Sardar Patil admitted to a conspiracy in his statement.