Overview

• Eknath Khadse claimed that 10–12 plainclothes officers attended his daughter Rohini’s press conference, identifying themselves as Local Intelligence Branch personnel.
• Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said LIB attendance at political events is standard procedure and denied any police leaks of raid photos or videos.
• All seven people arrested in the July 27 Kharadi apartment raid, including Khadse’s son-in-law Dr Pranjal Khewalkar, remain in custody pending further investigation.
• Investigation officer Inspector Vijay Kumbar told court that the five male accused offered contradictory accounts of how they obtained the seized narcotics.
• Police insist the drug-party operation was conducted transparently and lawfully despite Khadse’s accusations of surveillance and defamation.