Overview

• Police arrested Nilesh Deepak Kalsulkar and Pravin Vednath Shukla on Wednesday for allegedly extorting ₹10.30 lakh from a passenger at Bandra Terminus.
• GRP assistant police inspector Vijaya Ingawale was taken into custody, her role is under investigation, and she has been suspended from duty.
• Senior police inspector Nandkumar Khadikar of Bandra Terminus GRP was also suspended as the incident occurred under his jurisdiction.
• The victim, Vikas Gupta, 31, a garment trader from Kandivali bound for Gujarat, said two men in civilian clothes claimed to be cops, checked his bag, demanded proof of ownership, threatened arrest, and left with the cash near the main-hall canteen around 7 pm on Monday.
• The GRP registered an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 204 (personating a public servant) and 3(5) (common intention), and investigators said CCTV recordings helped identify the accused as activists pressed for stronger real-time monitoring.