Overview
- Indian Youth Congress held coordinated demonstrations on Monday at Marine Drive, Girgaon Chowpatty and near Varsha in Mumbai to press for a Special Investigation Team.
- Police said more than 200 protesters were intercepted and detained as marchers headed toward the chief minister’s residence, with several taken to Azad Maidan police station.
- A senior Marine Drive police officer said 60–70 people were detained for protesting without permission and obstructing traffic, an FIR was filed, and those held were served notices and released.
- Dr Sampada Munde was found dead on October 23 in Phaltan, with a note on her palm alleging repeated rape by police sub-inspector Gopal Badane and mental harassment by Prashant Bankar; both were arrested and Badane was dismissed from service.
- The Congress has accused former BJP MP Ranjitsinh Naik Nimbalkar of being protected, a claim he denies as the chief minister has given him a clean chit, while Prakash Ambedkar urged an unbiased SIT with reviews of post-mortems and call records.