Overview

• The Mungaoli police registered the case on June 28 under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for allegedly spreading caste animosity through fabricated statements.
• Investigators allege Patwari bribed the Lodhi brothers to claim they were forced to eat human excreta by BJP-linked individuals.
• On June 26, Gajraj and Raghuraj Lodhi submitted affidavits to the Ashoknagar Collector recanting the excreta feeding accusation and naming Patwari’s aides as instigators.
• Patwari welcomed the investigation and says he sought to highlight caste-based violence, insisting the original video disclosures were legitimate.
• Patwari contends the FIR is a BJP-engineered tactic to stifle criticism of its administration.