Overview
- Police said they intercepted and detained more than 200 protesters as groups moved toward Varsha after gathering at Marine Drive and Girgaon Chowpatty.
- Mumbai Youth Congress president Zeenat Shabrin, national Youth Congress chief Uday Bhanu Chib, and state spokesperson Sachin Sawant were among those stopped and taken to the Azad Maidan police station.
- Protesters demanded a thorough Special Investigation Team probe, with Congress leaders vowing to continue pressing for accountability in the case.
- The doctor was found dead on October 23 in a Phaltan hotel, and a note written on her palm named police sub-inspector Gopal Badane and software engineer Prashant Bankar; both were arrested and Badane was dismissed from the force.
- VBA leader Prakash Ambedkar met the family and called for an unbiased SIT review, including scrutiny of recent post-mortem reports and call records.