Overview

• Three days after filing a complaint, the Shaikh family remains without an FIR, and their Aadhaar cards have not been returned.
• Pune Commissioner Amitesh Kumar and DCP Somay Munde have opened an internal inquiry and are examining video evidence of the July 26 operation.
• Activists and opposition leaders including Supriya Sule and Rahul Dambale have demanded swift legal action and accountability for alleged police complicity.
• Between 30 and 80 hardline activists linked to Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, escorted by police, stormed the Chandan Nagar home and detained male relatives until 3 am.
• The family’s service record spans the 1965, 1971 and 1999 wars, underscoring tensions between patriotic military service and communal identity checks.