Overview

• Avinash Nirmal and Vinit Tayade entered the MSEDCL office in Valgaon on June 15, poured petrol on a table and set it alight to protest power cuts in Revasa village
• The fire was extinguished immediately, no injuries occurred and the lone staff member on duty escaped unharmed
• Valgaon police registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and arrested both suspects on June 17
• Investigators are reviewing CCTV footage from the office and surrounding area to confirm the sequence of events and identify any others involved
• Residents have called for accountability from electricity authorities after suffering uninterrupted outages since June 13 with no response from local engineers