Overview
- The incident occurred on September 24 around 1:45 pm in the Kalyan Sessions Court parking area as an escort vehicle was handling multiple undertrials.
- Constable Kishore Navnath Petare reported being slapped and punched, and a thrown food container injured his right ear.
- An FIR cites BNS Sections 132, 121, 115(2), 352 and 351(2), with Sub-Inspector Vinod Patil leading the investigation.
- The accused were identified as Akash Ramjilal Valmiki, Ganesh alias Shalu Dharamveer Marothia, Yoginder alias Bholu Dharamveer Marothia and Vivek Shankar Yadav, all lodged at Aadharwadi Jail.
- Video of the confrontation circulated online, capturing a prisoner shouting “Tu haath kaise uthaya,” and reports link the flare-up to a seating order in an overcrowded van.