Overview

• Kothrud police issued letters on August 4 dismissing three women’s complaints that officers used casteist slurs and physical force during a missing-person probe
• A preliminary inquiry found no prima facie evidence to support charges under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
• Deputy Commissioner Sambhaji Kadam confirmed that no case will be filed under the Atrocities Act following the inquiry’s findings
• MLA Rohit Pawar and leaders from Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi have pressed authorities to register an FIR and hold officers accountable
• Activists say the warrantless entry into the women’s flat and the police response underscore systemic gaps in procedural safeguards and caste bias