Overview

• Jalinder Supekar has been demoted from Special IG of Prisons to deputy commandant of the Home Guards following inquiry into his role in issuing weapons licenses to the Hagawane family.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has pledged to cancel all illegally issued Pune gun permits to prevent undue influence in the dowry death investigation.
• Authorities have filed offences against Shashank and Sushil Hagawane for using fraudulent addresses to secure their gun licenses.
• Police arrested Nilesh Chavan at the Nepal border after he fled Pune custody and faces charges of cruelty against Vaishnavi Hagawane’s 10-month-old son.
• The state government is reviewing its Ladki Bahin scheme to remove beneficiaries found ineligible.