Overview

• On August 15, Pune cyber police registered an FIR under Section 66E of the IT Act and Section 77 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita following a woman’s complaint of non-consensual nude photography between 2022 and 2025.
• Pranjal Khewalkar remains in judicial custody on NDPS charges from the July 27 Kharadi raid and officers say the new voyeurism provisions do not allow for a separate arrest.
• Investigators are conducting forensic reviews of ten mobile phones and a laptop seized in the alleged rave-party raid, uncovering a hidden folder with 252 videos and 1,497 photos of alleged indecent acts.
• The Maharashtra State Women’s Commission has called for a specialized SIT to probe potential human trafficking and organized sexual exploitation linked to the device evidence.
• Eknath Khadse’s family has denied all wrongdoing and accused authorities of defamation and political motivation in public statements.