Overview
- Kolsewadi police registered abetment to suicide and voluntarily causing hurt under BNS sections 108 and 115(2) based on a complaint by the victim’s father.
- Two investigation teams, working with the Railway Police, are gathering CCTV footage, technical data and witness statements to identify the attackers.
- The victim was 19-year-old college student Arnav Khaire, who died by suicide in Kalyan days after an alleged assault on a suburban train on November 18.
- Officers appealed for commuters who witnessed the November 18 incident to come forward with information, with suspects still unidentified.
- Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde spoke to the family via video call and pledged justice, while BJP leader Chitra Wagh blamed language-driven fanaticism.