Overview

• Police arrested Kale on July 22, booking him under IPC sections 376(1), 504 and 506 after a 21-year-old woman from Karjat filed a complaint
• Authorities obtained four-day custody to investigate allegations that Kale raped the woman between 2023 and 2024 and threatened her if she spoke out
• Kale had publicly accused the Ahilyanagar Municipal Corporation of misappropriating ₹400 crore across 776 road-work contracts
• Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders including Vikram Rathod and Sanjay Raut demanded a thorough inquiry, warning that false prosecutions are used to silence corruption exposés
• BJP and NCP figures have questioned both the rape allegations and Kale’s corruption claims, intensifying partisan divisions ahead of local polls